Had a guy come in today wanting us to give him a discount on some koi or goldfish because he improperly used our store brand pond algae killer and it killed 6 of his fish. That's why you A) try to avoid chemicals as much as possible and B) read the instructions!
Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...
- Thread starter Miles
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I get a suprising amount of customers who talk over me whilst im offering advice or talking usually people who bring friends and dont really give a damn.
This isn't really a "customer" story -- more of an "owner" story. When my husband and I went to buy our snowflake eel, I wanted to make sure that he was eating okay. So I asked the guy helping us, who is the owner of the store, to feed him something. He asked, "What does he eat?" I told him squid, clam, or shrimp... but come on! Why own a fish store if you have no interest in it? Of course, he also sells little mutt puppies for $800 per puppy -- you know, the mixes between two little dogs where they make up a cute name. Grrrr.
Just a story..
Once I saw an electric blue jack dempsey at petco no tag so my boyfriend played stupid and asked how much the little blue fish was and she said oh thats expensive... It always gets me when they know what there talking about! It was a good try though
Once I saw an electric blue jack dempsey at petco no tag so my boyfriend played stupid and asked how much the little blue fish was and she said oh thats expensive... It always gets me when they know what there talking about! It was a good try though
Me: are they wild caught or captive bread?
him looking at me confused, their from Africa .Asia something like that.
him looking at me confused, their from Africa .Asia something like that.
So I go into petco and Get to talking an employee in the fish section
and he says I have one of thouse nemo fish in fresh water and he seems to be doing fine...
and he says I have one of thouse nemo fish in fresh water and he seems to be doing fine...
the store i work at sell puppies, kittens, birds, etc. in addition to fish and on saturday, a woman came in and after looking around for a little while, she walked up to the counter pointed at the puppies and asked "do y'all sell these dogs?"
then on sunday we had a clearly intoxicated woman (was swaying back and forth and making hiccuping sounds) come in and ask for a 20 gallon setup (this paticular setup included the tank, stand, and hood), we were almost done with the sale when we asked what her plans for filtration were, she suddenly got all mad and started saying that the setup included the filter, sheended up leaving without the tank.
a few weeks ago we had a woman come in with her kid and ask to handle one of the puppies,(usually we can tell whether or not a person is planning on actually buying a puppy, and it was pretty clear that this woman was not planning on buying anything) people come in for their "puppy fix" all the time and ususally we are happy to oblige, so we asked her which puppy she wanted to play with, she pointed to a tiny two pound chihuahua that was sleeping at the time, we told her that we would rather not take the puppy ouyt so it could rest, she then looked at her kid and said "well i guess they dont want to sell any puppies here"
, as she walked out she said come on billy, theres plenty of other places that sell puppies 9there are only two stores in the area that sell puppies, us included, and the other store is notorious for selling sick dogs. my coworked politly told her to have a nice day and smiled as she left, the puppy went to a loving home the very next day
then on sunday we had a clearly intoxicated woman (was swaying back and forth and making hiccuping sounds) come in and ask for a 20 gallon setup (this paticular setup included the tank, stand, and hood), we were almost done with the sale when we asked what her plans for filtration were, she suddenly got all mad and started saying that the setup included the filter, sheended up leaving without the tank.
a few weeks ago we had a woman come in with her kid and ask to handle one of the puppies,(usually we can tell whether or not a person is planning on actually buying a puppy, and it was pretty clear that this woman was not planning on buying anything) people come in for their "puppy fix" all the time and ususally we are happy to oblige, so we asked her which puppy she wanted to play with, she pointed to a tiny two pound chihuahua that was sleeping at the time, we told her that we would rather not take the puppy ouyt so it could rest, she then looked at her kid and said "well i guess they dont want to sell any puppies here"
, as she walked out she said come on billy, theres plenty of other places that sell puppies 9there are only two stores in the area that sell puppies, us included, and the other store is notorious for selling sick dogs. my coworked politly told her to have a nice day and smiled as she left, the puppy went to a loving home the very next dayOK i have a good 1....so i was in petsmart today buying some plants and i see 2 unintelligent hilbillies in the store which looked like they have never seen daylight. They were looking at mollys and asked to buy 1. The lady bagged it up and gave it to her the lady was unprepared for an arsinal of idiotic questions.
hillbilly:how long do day laft in duh bag?
employee:About one hour.
hillbilly:ugh...ugh....well i do i com back in a hour to get a new un?
employee:ummmm what do you mean?
hillbilly: wuh fish can liv more dan a hour?
employee:how far do you live?
hillbilly:a few minutes
empoyee:well than why do they need to live for more than an hour in the bag?
hillbilly:cause my kid wanna play wif duh fish bufore it dies
employee:do you have a fish tank?
hillbilly:whats dat?
employee:I dont think your ready to get a fish.
hillbilly:well....how bout dat one how long will dat one live?
employee:about an hour.
hillbilly:well why is dat un 20 bucks if it only live for a hour too
employee:maam, I dont think your ready to get a fish.
hillbilly:*walks over to reptiles* how long dat one live?
empoyee:I dont know hold on...*walks to get another employee*
at this point someone approched me and asked if i needed help. I got my plants and left with a histerical story
hillbilly:how long do day laft in duh bag?
employee:About one hour.
hillbilly:ugh...ugh....well i do i com back in a hour to get a new un?
employee:ummmm what do you mean?
hillbilly: wuh fish can liv more dan a hour?
employee:how far do you live?
hillbilly:a few minutes
empoyee:well than why do they need to live for more than an hour in the bag?
hillbilly:cause my kid wanna play wif duh fish bufore it dies
employee:do you have a fish tank?
hillbilly:whats dat?
employee:I dont think your ready to get a fish.
hillbilly:well....how bout dat one how long will dat one live?
employee:about an hour.
hillbilly:well why is dat un 20 bucks if it only live for a hour too
employee:maam, I dont think your ready to get a fish.
hillbilly:*walks over to reptiles* how long dat one live?
empoyee:I dont know hold on...*walks to get another employee*
at this point someone approched me and asked if i needed help. I got my plants and left with a histerical story
wow, these story's make me feel like so smart.... it seems like most of these people in the story's lack thinking skills.
