If there’s anyone who loathes snakes more than the gg it’s
Mrs. gg. Recently, I was summoned by her
to our front driveway to dispatch a copperhead who had ventured onto our
property from the neighbor’s garden.
Following that episode, I went to the hardware store to purchase some
snake repellent, thinking that would encourage all existing snakes to leave and
at the same time discourage any would-be newcomers. Boy, was I wrong, Now if there’s one group of varmints that
make me grouchier than snakes it would have to be the folks that write product
instructons, warning labels, etc. on the boxes and packages of items that we
purchase for our day to day lives. I
think in industry parlance they are called technical writers. The gg was all
prepared to buy this snake repellent when
I read this warning on the back of the box: “Do not use this product if snakes are
already present on your premises..” I
pondered that statement for a while and then I pondered it for a greater while. And then I tried to apply it to my present
situation by first asking myself: How in
the world do I know whether there are any snakes already present on my
premises? And if there aren’t any, then
what am I doing here purchasing a product that I don’t really need because I
don’t have a snake problem? I wound up
buying the snake repellent but I still haven’t found a way to determine whether
I have any preexisting snakes on my property so I don’t violate the warning on
the product box. Snakes make the gg
very grouchy. What makes the gg even
grouchier are puzzling instructions written in small print by obviously puzzled
technical writers on the back of the box of a product that I can’t tell if I should
buy .
gg