>>1214596Another older one:
>teaching basic field school>pretty much no danger except heatstroke and snakes>good class of /out/s well geared>a few American exchange students (pretty common in geology courses cause 'free trip down under lol')>one particular asshole a total chad talking about how he did field school back in Death Valley>decked out in expensive ass gear for basic field school in what is essentially a cow paddock>whatever m8>given 5 x 7 km area to traverse for assessment, students in groups of 3, pretty rare to see anyone even in a relatively small area>first day get a radio in from a student group>"uhhhh Chad has caught a snake and we don't know what to do">WHAT>THE>FUCK>Chad decided he'd catch a brown snake Steve Irwin style with his bare hands like pic related>hike over to the group and Chad's looking super pissed while his group look rightly terrified cause the guy has a pissed off looking 1.5m Eastern Brown snake thrashing around on the ground>Chad says he will release the snake he was just waiting to 'pacify it'>literally no way of doing this without risking him getting bitten>tell him he's a fucking idiot for putting himself and his group in danger>"FUCK YOU I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH RATTLE SNAKES blah blah">other students talk him down>end up having to kill the snake>Chad fucking up in arms about it>lol okay>book him a flight back to the university the next day for breaking health and safety protocol>Chad banned from all other field courses at the university>fucking americansRIP snake, you didn't do anything wrong ;_;