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i remember 1 the old shop i worked at i used to run it during the week for a couple months because my boss was ill
i was only 17 at the time but had been in that store fore over 4 years so dodgy customers got the boot quick

anyway a guy came into the shop with a blueface peacock cichlid aulonocara baenschi he said '' gday mate would you be interested in this fish'' i said ''ye maybe how much wer you after for it'' ohh dno how much you wana give me so i looked on the wholesale list ( aulonocara baenschi 12cm $15 ) this was the same size but a particulaly nice fish so i said ''how does $25 sound'' he said mate you tryin to #%&* rip me off so calmly i said no this is a fair price i can get them for $15 but seeing as this is already hier anda nice fish thats my offer then he just goes ^%&* off mate this is worth atleast $100 so then i started to get a lil annoyed and said well go to anuthershop and see wat they say i may be young but im not a &^$* idiot so i think your taking the piss then he just started going phyco so i went and stood behind the counter with our guard dog who didnt seen to like him shouting at me so i just said mate get out and dont come back he left

he returned the next day
politely i said hows it going
then he said sorry about going nuts and that he was having a bad day
now hes one of my best customers

that was more of a bad customer story but all the stories reminded me of this






a nuther 1


me hello did you need any help
customer yes ill take that axolotle
me no worrys have you got the tank all setup
customer yes i have sum varry nice goldfish in thier
me are you shure you want the axolotle it is likly it will eat your goldfish
customer yes they will be fine my fish dont eat each other
me are you 100% shure becouse i highly suggest not putting them with goldfish
customer yes if i see any aggression i have a spare tank
me why dont you setup the spare tank up fore it and ill hold it for you till the tanks ready
customer no it will be fine
me ok if you shure
customer yes thankyou


a few days later
me hay hows you axolotle going
customer the axolotle is fine but it ate all my goldfish
me but didnt you have a spare tank
customer no i rememberd it was broken

oh dear



one day a real loud and anoying girl came in the shop
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh look at that puppy wat is it
maltese x ****zu
how much
$700
can i hold
are you looking for a dog
yes
ok
so have you ever owned a dog i said
no
do you know much about them like training?
you have to train them? to do wat?
wel go to the toilet and basic obediance
o that sounds hard
yes its a lil work but well worth it
wat if i just leave it outside?
that is not the rite thing to to you wont have a proper dog it will not wont to be held...........
ok ill buy it
ummm sorry but i dont think its the rite thing to buy a dog and be un preperd
but i want it
i will hold it for a day while you go and do sum research to get the rough idea of how to look after it
wat if i take it now and look up stuff after
i dont think thats a good idea i like the puppys to go to the best most well prepared homes possible
ok can you hold it for a few days
i can hold it for 1 and come back and we shal talk
ok ill be back
it sold 2 days later she never came back
i couldnt imagine if she brought it wat would of happend to it
 
a nuther funny story

a dad and his 5 year old daughter wer lined up at the counter opposite the fish section wer i was working
then a guy came and lined up behind them he had the hugest bull terrier youd ever see on a lead next to him but it was the most funy friendly dog i ever saw the little girl ask can i pat him the owner said shure so she gently pat him you could see the dog was loving the attention so anyway the girl stoped so the dog turned around the girl looked back at the dog
seing a humungis pair of ''nuts'' hanging from the dog so she was asking the man ewwww wat are they he started laughing then she started shouting to her dad eww wat are they? eww wat are they? eww wat are they?eww wat are they? eww wat are they? getting loader and loader each time her dad sai thier nothing and left the store

i dont think i have ever laughed so hard
 
seds;2692696; said:
six inch tiger barbs?!??!?

Holy mackeral

I LOLOLd at the bacon bits story. There is no way it can be true. People can't be THAT stupid can they?


Yes it is true. Yes, he was that stupid. I had to walk away because I was laughing so loud. :ROFL:
 
rory_068;2728615; said:
anyway a guy came into the shop with a blueface peacock cichlid aulonocara baenschi he said '' gday mate would you be interested in this fish'' i said ''ye maybe how much wer you after for it'' ohh dno how much you wana give me so i looked on the wholesale list ( aulonocara baenschi 12cm $15 ) this was the same size but a particulaly nice fish so i said ''how does $25 sound'' he said mate you tryin to #%&* rip me off so calmly i said no this is a fair price i can get them for $15 but seeing as this is already hier anda nice fish thats my offer then he just goes ^%&* off mate this is worth atleast $100 so then i started to get a lil annoyed and said well go to anuthershop and see wat they say i may be young but im not a &^$* idiot so i think your taking the piss then he just started going phyco so i went and stood behind the counter with our guard dog who didnt seen to like him shouting at me so i just said mate get out and dont come back he left

I'm sorry but I read this in my head with an australian accent and it made it 10x funnier.
 
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solchitlins;2404136; said:
This is too funny.

I was at a pretty good LFS, just checking out their cichlids with my girlfriend.

So we nottice this Lady and her son walk in with a gallon sized ziplock bag of brownish water to get some tests done.

The employee takes some of the water for the tests and hands the kid back the bag.

Whats funny is that the kid, about 10 years old, wondering around the shop looking at fish, starts drinking the water sample!

He was lifting the gross water bag up to his mouth and sipping it, each time he would say "ooh ahh" like it was so good and refreshing.

lol !!!!!

We were stunned and kept waiting for his mom or the employee guy to nottice.

He finished the whole bag, squeezing out every last delicious drop.

We finally bust out laughing and had to run out of the store laughing hysterically.

lol

That actually made my a little sick...:crazy:

Argh..where to begin? I did my time at a LFS (2 years) and have learned a great deal working there. My manager was responsible and really knew his stuff, I always loved coming into work. He always imported some rare/hard to find fish some I have never seen again. Anyways the customers...WOW some of them.

Again a "tough guy" walks in looks at a tank we have with a 12+ inch pirahna with razor sharp teeth and says..."Man..my fighter fish (beta) will KILL that thing, the guy is tough..Rocky(his beta) will kill all of the fish in this store!!!" I think my manager and I laughed a good hour in the back room after that.

After "finding nemo" the amount of kids and parents coming in and asking for nemo was astounding..we didn't even have a SW section and some mothers insited that we had nemo but were hiding it from them...:screwy:

Another time, this man and his family purchase a 90 gallon oceanic + all of the necessary equipment to go with it ( I sold it to them ) + oak stand + canopy. He also asked me to come over to his place and set it up (100$ for me). So I set it up and tell him that he would have to wait a few weeks until the tank is cycled and all of that. I gave him pamplets and everything to explain it to him. I also gave him one of those API test kits so that he made sure it cycled. Long story short, my coworker said a guy came in before I started my shift and bought a ton of fish, I asked him to describe the guy to me and it was the guy whose tank I set up... He ended up buying a whole bunch of discus, angels, tiger barbs, oscars, african cichlids.... I don't even know what else.

I will try to remeber some other ones.
 
im probably in here or on someones mind about stupid customers from my test question for new shops of "can guppies live with 2 O's in a bi-orb?". believe it or not ive been told yes a couple of times.
 
lol i love this thread
 
lordofthejewsjr;2369893; said:
oh this makes me want to work at my lfs petsmart and inform all those people in need
good stories man
oh i got one it was from when i was a retarded noob
i went fishing at my local pier and caught 8 baby sand sharks well i was so happy that i decided to keep them. well i got home and put them all in an 18 gal tank!!!!!!! then i remembered "wait they're saltwater i'm gonna add some salt(table salt)" well the next day i woke up and all 8 were dead i felt like $h!t so from that day i promised myself that i would get informed about every fish i like so i treat my fish better than i treat my brother!

it takes a lot of guts to admit that. you should treat your fish better than your brother...I'll bet that your fish never pulled that arms off of your He-man action figure.
 
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Originally Posted by lordofthejewsjr
oh this makes me want to work at my lfs petsmart and inform all those people in need
good stories man
oh i got one it was from when i was a retarded noob
i went fishing at my local pier and caught 8 baby sand sharks well i was so happy that i decided to keep them. well i got home and put them all in an 18 gal tank!!!!!!! then i remembered "wait they're saltwater i'm gonna add some salt(table salt)" well the next day i woke up and all 8 were dead i felt like $h!t so from that day i promised myself that i would get informed about every fish i like so i treat my fish better than i treat my brother!


Actually "Sand Sharks" AKA Dusky Smooth-Hound can live in freshwater just like Bull Sharks;)
 
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