My concern was my interest in reptiles and what a marvelous, marvelous opportunity, Mark, it was to work there. So Chuck got you in. Chuck got me into the zoo and Cy Perkins, I can remember to this day, the most important information he ever imparted, because he’d gone through a series of eager young teenagers that had kept her ups at home, and once the animals thrived, many of the kids developed an attitude, I now know the answers, and practically a know-it-all attitude. Thank God I never had that. I just wanted to keep learning, but Cy said, “Okay, Paul, here’s the message I give all new employees. I wanna hear your ideas, don’t have a closed mind, but first find out what we do, what our procedures are. And once you know what we do, then find out why we do them this way. And once you know those two things, then give me any ideas you have on changing the procedures, feeding, cleaning, handling, whatever ideas of reptile keeping you might have.
