Boston Globe - More than two months after being reunited with her pet snake, the woman who lost a three-foot boa on the Red Line says she has no intention of reimbursing the MBTA for the cost of disinfecting the train. The T sent Melissa Moorhouse a letter Feb. 14 seeking $650 for the "unanticipated clean-up costs" to rid the subway of any germs that Penelope, a Dumeril's boa, might have left behind. The Allston woman disregarded the letter, prompting the T to send a follow-up late last week again requesting payment. Moorhouse said today that she cannot afford to pay the bill and would not pay it even if she could, feeling disrespected by the MBTA. "I'm in no position to pay for that . . . and if the T officials had given me any respect or listened to me in the first place, this wouldn't have happened," said Moorhouse, who lives on disability payments, and whose husband works in a warehouse. ..."It's far more likely that Penelope would have gotten sick from being on that train for a month than anything harmful coming from her onto that train," she said.
Honestly, I was on this girls side all the way up until that last sentence. Instead of continuing to play the poor me line to perfection you went all self righteous, and you know what? Screw you. Pay the damn bill you scofflaw.
No one gives a shit if the snake that you, for whatever reason your delusional mind thought was a bright idea to carry on the subway, got sick or even died. We just wanted the frigen thing off our subway. No one forced you to bring on a snake like the mental patient that you are, and certainly no one forced you to lose it. I'm sorry, but even if I was dicked up enough in the head to think riding the subway with a serpent as a necklace seemed like a fun day, I think I'd still have the wherewithal to make sure it was still around my neck when I exited the train. Just seems like something that would be hard to miss. It's not like forgetting your purse or jacket that you just put down on the seat next to you. It's a carnivorous snake!
PS: just caught this little tidbit:
"After removing the train from service, it took the T another 10 hours to coax Penelope into a box with the help of a Red Line motorperson who is also a snake owner."
