sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Yeah they like to jump about, and need things like dust baths and places to dig.
I'm surprised your friend's were nervy. Every time I go into the pet shop they are the only animals there that seem curious about the people looking at them, will come up to you and smell/lick your hand etc. (although that might also be because they are diurnal and most other small animals in pet stores aren't). I read that it takes a lot to frighten them, and they definitely seem more confident than my ratties are around strangers.
Tbf I'm quite nervy with teeny tiny animals, so it may well have been that