Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...

[TTTT]

I hate LFS employees who think they are smart just because they work at a fish store. At my main LFS the people there are nice and are smart, 'cept for one guy.

He saw me buying a senegal and told me it was to much for my tank (i already had 2 senegals) and it wouldn't work. I told him I think it would be fine and he said, "I work at a fish store, I have 5 tanks at my house, I know what I'm doing." I told him I'd get it anyways and he reccomended an ornate instead. As he was scooping it out, he told me about his delhezi, he couldn't get it on frozen or on pellets but he fed it ghost shrimp and goldfish because "that's what bichirs eat in the wild"

Same guy also found it funny that two baby bearded dragons got eaten by a larger one. (he was stupid enough to put them in the same tank)

 

[BigO6687]

bump

 

[Spearo]

LOL some of you need to get off your high horse... seriously.

 

[RedBellyRhen]

Oh my gosh... we have a winner. That might be THE dumbest lfs story I have ever heard from an employee. You should've rescued the Piranha.

Oh don't worry I did they are my avatar (except for the middle one)! Right now they are nice fat friendly and in my 55g till they get too cramped for that then they are going in a 120g, and that will be around the time I move out.

 

[iamzrad]

I walk into a LFS looking for sponge filters (Hydro).
I ask an employee if they carry them (couldn't find them).
He says, let me bring out my manager.
Now, I've known this manager/owner ever since I was a small lad. And I know he's a skilled aquarist.
And he responds with, "I've never heard of them."

I walk away shaking my head.

Not an epic story nor funny.
I was just surprised a 50+ yr old with a long time in the hobby didn't know what it was.

 

[Stump]

^ You probably through him off by mentioning "hydro."

 

[Bottomfeeder]

I had some dude try to put sunglasses on my dog at the lfs last week. I have never seen him before in my life. Then he looked at my dog with disgust and goes "He's so scared of everything". He was like 25 and there with his twin brother and his mom, who was buying a huge bird cage and a huge amount of Budgies. Then him and his brother start having an 8-y/o caliber argument over who carries the cage and who carries the Budgies. The kid who screwed with my dog got stuck carrying the cage, and threw a hissy fit, and kicked the cage across the floor. Worst customer I ever saw.

 

[TTTT]

I had some dude try to put sunglasses on my dog at the lfs last week. I have never seen him before in my life. Then he looked at my dog with disgust and goes "He's so scared of everything". He was like 25 and there with his twin brother and his mom, who was buying a huge bird cage and a huge amount of Budgies. Then him and his brother start having an 8-y/o caliber argument over who carries the cage and who carries the Budgies. The kid who screwed with my dog got stuck carrying the cage, and threw a hissy fit, and kicked the cage across the floor. Worst customer I ever saw.

I saw an employee debating with a customer.. the employee told him that 3 german blue rams and 3 angel fish would do fine in the mans tank which he claimed was "large". He already had a school of serpea tetras and a senegal in the tank. It turned out to be a 10g and then the man got mad at the employee for reccomending all these fish.

It ended with the employee screaming at the man "DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT CYCLING IS? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT STUNTING IS? DO YOU EVEN HAVE A HEATER?"

I laughed.

 

[_Jessica_]

I hate LFS employees who think they are smart just because they work at a fish store. At my main LFS the people there are nice and are smart, 'cept for one guy.

Touche, touche .

Latest story was a guy who wanted to try and breed EBJDs. I explained the whole blue gene thing, you can't breed two EBJDs together, etc etc. Was pretty much told I was an idiot and of course it would work. Okay, sure, good luck with that. Then he asks if our EBJDs are in fresh or brackish. Um...fresh...they are freshwater fish. He tells me no, they are brackish, they are from Africa, so of course they like lots of salt in their water.

 

[TTTT]

Touche, touche .

Latest story was a guy who wanted to try and breed EBJDs. I explained the whole blue gene thing, you can't breed two EBJDs together, etc etc. Was pretty much told I was an idiot and of course it would work. Okay, sure, good luck with that. Then he asks if our EBJDs are in fresh or brackish. Um...fresh...they are freshwater fish. He tells me no, they are brackish, they are from Africa, so of course they like lots of salt in their water.

The man who breeds two brackish African EBJDs together.