ok, ill throw my newest one in the ring.
i have a small fish store down the street from me. the owner and i get along very well and we help each other out alot. and if i have nothing better to do, ill go down and help out in the store.
well, a while ago, he needed to go away for a few days so he asked me to watch the store for him when his son wasnt there. so of course i said yes.
the shop sells some small animals as well as fish. stuff like hamsters, gerbils, chinchillas, ferrets, etc. on the second afternoon of my stint, a woman comes in to buy the ferret there. she was very nice, polite, and sweet. asked questions about what to feed and how to take care of it. she obviously didnt know much, but wanted to learn. so i felt good about selling her the ferret.
i got everything together, the ferret, food, cage, accessories, toys. the whole nine yards. she asks me if the ferret has to stay in the cage 24 hrs a day. i tell her that my gf has 2 and they are hardly ever in the cage. they spend most of their time meandering through the house. she says thats awesome and she cant wait to play with it. she pays and leaves.
the next morning, she comes in about a 1/2 hour after opening. she is looking pretty upset. so i ask her if the ferret is ok (assuming that that is the reason she is in so early). she asks me if i have seen it. i say no, why would i have? she then tells me that when she let it out to do its business, it never came back in. she has heard that dogs will find their way back home, so she thought maybe it came back to the store. i had no intelligent response.