Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...
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L021;4499142; said:
I'm not the most knowledgeable of the group, but he made it sound like he was looking for the saltwater variety, i thought it was a little amusing because he was asking questions about which fish in the tank was the green terror... mind you the GT was 6" long and the only other fish in the tank were... a veil-tail oscar, a chocolate, a pleco, a 3" female salvini, and 2 kissing gouramis...
BellycrawlerJaws;4498987; said:Bahahahahahhahhaa - LOVE IT
Yeah I don't work at my LFS, but I'm there pretty regularly and I always laugh when people say they bought their 10 gallon, and then go and buy.... one neon, one female guppy, two dwarf gouramis, and then ask if they can have a pink convict with them... The guy I know who works there looks at them and basically tells them no
I was thinking.. why dont people who work at lfs just laugh at the customer? It would give them a sense on how wrong are they that made a bunch of fish shop workers laugh... Try this see what happens
BenSow;4500535; said:
Because my job pays for my hobby and I'd like to be able to build my 300g sometime soon.
I also don't believe in laughing at people if they're asking honest questions. I'd rather give them knowledge they can use.
i'll have to let the guy i know at my lfs about that - i wouldnt be surprised if he did it because he's got that kind of personality so i'll keep an ear out 
Well unless its an honest question there's an exception.. If it goes into arguement saying "fish experts" keep oscars in a 10 gallon I think it'll be worth to laugh and if your boss is demanding an explanation then says its very funny lol cause to me it really is 
I've got a new one... Was in my LFS today and they were packed, and so while i was waiting to talk to one of the employees I chatted with two customers... the stories weren't amazing but thought they were funny...
1 customer was waiting to get 5 neons... respectable, I asked whta size tank he was going to put them in, he said 55 gallon, and i was surprised
he then points to an ID shark (about 4-5" long) and says... I brought this back yesterday, I bought him and 6 neons and by the next day all my neons were gone...
The other... he was looking for Red Devils, since I'm at my LFS a lot I told him they don't really get RDs in very often. After walking away and running into him again (now with a texas and a convict) I asked him what tank he was putting them in... He was like "Oh well I already have a jack dempsey, 2 oscars, and (couldn't remember the last fish) something else in my 10 gallon". I told him before that I had an oscar that was growing out in a 37 and going into a 90 next week. He almost fell over.
1 customer was waiting to get 5 neons... respectable, I asked whta size tank he was going to put them in, he said 55 gallon, and i was surprised
he then points to an ID shark (about 4-5" long) and says... I brought this back yesterday, I bought him and 6 neons and by the next day all my neons were gone...The other... he was looking for Red Devils, since I'm at my LFS a lot I told him they don't really get RDs in very often. After walking away and running into him again (now with a texas and a convict) I asked him what tank he was putting them in... He was like "Oh well I already have a jack dempsey, 2 oscars, and (couldn't remember the last fish) something else in my 10 gallon". I told him before that I had an oscar that was growing out in a 37 and going into a 90 next week. He almost fell over.
My favorite LFS store is in the heart of the hood. It's called Tong's and if you live in south LA you've probably been there. The "customers" in tongs are a mix of people with nothing to do but walk around in the swap meet next door or come in to the store and make small talk with the customers. So I'm there to by some rosies for my Oscar recently and ask one of the workers from a distant if he had an young black Aro's or any baby Cubans. He shakes his head no and continues to get my rosies, so I start to walk around the store and check out their new stock. About a few seconds later I'm approuched by this cat that says " Hey brother I know where can get some marijuana but I don't know any one that can get you cuban cigars" I couldn't help it I laughed right in dudes face and told him thanks but I'm good. Gotta love the hood
Gotta love the hood
had a nice couple come in today for a water test, the ph was high but not too bad and the nitrites were fine, the ammonia , however, was through the roof. I started asking all the basic questions and it turns out they had a 25 gallon tank with a small oscar, some angels, a bunch of tetras, and some minnows. the tank had been set up a week ago and all the fish were added at the same time when they started the tank. the fish were fed three times a day. it wasn't really their fault though because they just didn't know, i told them what they had to do and gave them some gravel from one of the store tanks to help start a bacteria colony
Fishnthehood;4502692; said:My favorite LFS store is in the heart of the hood. It's called Tong's and if you live in south LA you've probably been there. The "customers" in tongs are a mix of people with nothing to do but walk around in the swap meet next door or come in to the store and make small talk with the customers. So I'm there to by some rosies for my Oscar recently and ask one of the workers from a distant if he had an young black Aro's or any baby Cubans. He shakes his head no and continues to get my rosies, so I start to walk around the store and check out their new stock. About a few seconds later I'm approuched by this cat that says " Hey brother I know where can get some marijuana but I don't know any one that can get you cuban cigars" I couldn't help it I laughed right in dudes face and told him thanks but I'm good.
"arrowana and cubans" . . . yeah, I totally get that
hey, at least someone in the store was trying to help you out
