My landlord, an 80 something year old bitter man, seen me holding one of my slings the other day. I usually don't take them out of my house because of the fear of death/landlord/etc, but on this occasion, I felt like taking one of my G roses out for a little while. My landlord, we'll call him "Shaun", seen this and freaked the heck out.
I know average people's revulsion to spiders more than most. My mom HATES them, and I had a huge G Rosea for a long time. Shaun's reaction was more than expected. I put my t away and sat down with him to explain and teach him about t's. his first statement "Those things carry diseases, ya know" "they are going to escape and lay eggs everywhere". What?! I tried telling him that they are harmless, no one has ever died from a T bite, the pretty much NEVER move, and they do NOT carry any diseases that are harmful to humans. he, being old, was convinced he is right, and knows more then the 18 year old tenant. I'll give him that, he probably knows more about most things than I do, but I defiantly have the upper hand in this one. He is not happy with the situation, and I believe he might be planning on kicking me and my room mate out for this. As I said, he's bitter.
Any suggestions? I am in a real bad situation at the moment, and I am out of ideas. He seen me hold it, and I am fine. Any thoughts?
I know average people's revulsion to spiders more than most. My mom HATES them, and I had a huge G Rosea for a long time. Shaun's reaction was more than expected. I put my t away and sat down with him to explain and teach him about t's. his first statement "Those things carry diseases, ya know" "they are going to escape and lay eggs everywhere". What?! I tried telling him that they are harmless, no one has ever died from a T bite, the pretty much NEVER move, and they do NOT carry any diseases that are harmful to humans. he, being old, was convinced he is right, and knows more then the 18 year old tenant. I'll give him that, he probably knows more about most things than I do, but I defiantly have the upper hand in this one. He is not happy with the situation, and I believe he might be planning on kicking me and my room mate out for this. As I said, he's bitter.
Any suggestions? I am in a real bad situation at the moment, and I am out of ideas. He seen me hold it, and I am fine. Any thoughts?