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Reyairia;3541321; said:
I went to PetSmart the other day because my sister has a filter that we can only find the packages there. Anyway I was checking out the fish while my mom went to pay and suddenly I hear my sister cry out "There's a fish on the floor!" Apparently a Kenyi cichilid had jumped out of the noncovered tanks and was flopping around. She grabbed it and put it in the first cichilid tank she saw and we asked a staff member to put it where it belonged.

I still find it ridiculous that they don't cover their tanks. Had my sister not seen it it would have died.
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Somewhat related... My dog Jack always came to work with me at the LFS, he kind of became the store mascot, his jobs involved entertaining unsupervised children, and eating the things that jumped.

Bear in mind we covered our tanks, but still there were gaps for electrical cords, airline, etc.. that many a determined fish located and escaped through. Jacks efficiency at his job mortified several customers. When everybody got bored and there was nobody in the store we'd drop a feeder crayfish in the concrete floor and watch Jack chase it around until he decided to eat it, very funny to watch. One customer walked in during one of of crayfish baiting sessions and insisted that she was going to call PETA and have the store shut down because we were "ritualistically abusing animals" she stormed out while I was explaining that the whole point of those crayfish being in stock was to provide live food for people who keep big puffers, and that puffers kill the crays way slower and more brutally than Jack ever did...

I still give Jack live crayfish from time to time, he loves it.
 
MadBob;3546487; said:
Somewhat related... My dog Jack always came to work with me at the LFS, he kind of became the store mascot, his jobs involved entertaining unsupervised children, and eating the things that jumped.

Bear in mind we covered our tanks, but still there were gaps for electrical cords, airline, etc.. that many a determined fish located and escaped through. Jacks efficiency at his job mortified several customers. When everybody got bored and there was nobody in the store we'd drop a feeder crayfish in the concrete floor and watch Jack chase it around until he decided to eat it, very funny to watch. One customer walked in during one of of crayfish baiting sessions and insisted that she was going to call PETA and have the store shut down because we were "ritualistically abusing animals" she stormed out while I was explaining that the whole point of those crayfish being in stock was to provide live food for people who keep big puffers, and that puffers kill the crays way slower and more brutally than Jack ever did...

I still give Jack live crayfish from time to time, he loves it.
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LOL I hate PETA, besides they would be like the dog killed what...a crayfish, those are ugly and not cute we don't care....
 
Darth Scohin;3546503; said:
LOL I hate PETA, besides they would be like the dog killed what...a crayfish, those are ugly and not cute we don't care....
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nah i think theyd make a big fuss about it.
either way i hate PETA...
 
ausknife;3546549; said:
i once had a lady buy all 170 feeder fish to save them!
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What did she do with them throw them in a river?
 
ausknife;3546549; said:
i once had a lady buy all 170 feeder fish to save them!
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too bad she wasn't aware of the shipment of 1000 more coming in to replace those.

In a similar incident, when I was worked at petco in 2005 I remember many people who would come in and buy things like feeders or a betta (since it was in a cup) just to "save them", I always got a good laugh from it
 
Well ive been sacked! I couldnt get into work on sunday as ive been having trouble with where i had my operation and i overlayed and woke up 30 mins late to my shift and as my parents were out i couldnt make it into work and i didnt want to make my health worst so i phoned in saying i cant work and need some time off.

So i got a call today saying im sacked cos im unreliable. After working there for nearly 2 bloody yrs!
 
Bogwoodbruce;3548093; said:
Well ive been sacked! I couldnt get into work on sunday as ive been having trouble with where i had my operation and i overlayed and woke up 30 mins late to my shift and as my parents were out i couldnt make it into work and i didnt want to make my health worst so i phoned in saying i cant work and need some time off.

So i got a call today saying im sacked cos im unreliable. After working there for nearly 2 bloody yrs!
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WTF?!
thats ridiculous! when youre feeling better you should walk in there and explain what your ****uation was.
 
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