Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...

[Pyramid_Party]

Not an LFS story, but it concerns goldfish. I was watching Family Feud on TV. And during the bonus round they had a question: " Name a small fish". 1st person said goldfish and scored a bunch of points. 2nd person said "salmon", like an idiot. Turns out goldfish was the number 1 answer. It pissed me off cause it means that not only the people on the show, but the people who took the survey to get that answer all believe a goldfish is "small".


Little do these people know is that goldish reach over a foot long. Just goes to show that majority of people are uninformed. Probably the same idiots who keep them in bowls.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Had more customers come in today who dont know the size of their tank and claim for it to be big, and use hand measurements with there arms, is it really that hard to measure your tank and remember it

 

[oscarcrazy]

Not an LFS story, but it concerns goldfish. I was watching Family Feud on TV. And during the bonus round they had a question: " Name a small fish". 1st person said goldfish and scored a bunch of points. 2nd person said "salmon", like an idiot. Turns out goldfish was the number 1 answer. It pissed me off cause it means that not only the people on the show, but the people who took the survey to get that answer all believe a goldfish is "small".


Little do these people know is that goldish reach over a foot long. Just goes to show that majority of people are uninformed. Probably the same idiots who keep them in bowls.

Ummmm... little quick with the idiot card there. Remember size is relative. To a fisherman, particularly a saltwater fisherman, a goldfish is tiny. Even the foot long "monsters" would hardly be bait for me. A big fish is measured in hundreds of pounds to most people.

 

[rainbowfishpc]

BUMP! I read this whole thread and its hilarious.

 

[fayfay]

ALL?
In a bowl? don't think they would have lasted anyway...

Yeah..."all". Its incredible how many fish people can stuff into a tiny bowl.

New story from yeasterday :

A woman comes inn to buy a syrian hamster. Big spender lady who buys the biggest rat cage, 3 stories..HUGE cage, lots of stories, could fit a big dog in there.
Big wood wheel to run and chew on, lots of toys, latters and so forth.
She pays and happily leaves.

A customer who had been waiting for her to finish comments after she leaves that the woman was really cruel to keep an animal in a cage. She goes on on how these PETA organisations really should do something about that and help make it illegal. Because animals should never ever be kept like that.

I just taddle along with her, not agreeing or disagreeing. After shes done ranting i ask her what i could help her with.

She wants a Betta Splendens...

to keep in 0-26G glass....

She wants go give it lots of space to swim about.

 

[fayfay]

0.26G *

 

[fayfay]

I realize that this is a thread all about peoples' WORST encounters, but are most fish store employees (other than Wal-Mart) pretty uneducated? Or is it only rare occurrences that you see uninformed stores/employees?

Plenty of uneducated clerks too.
Which is sad when it comes to selling living creatures.

 

[invisyblegypsey]

whent to my lfs today to look at the new stock and ask them to post the petition for Hr699 and she blew a gasget!!!!!!. well she is AGAST at the thought of it she is going to go around her neghborhood and have it signd so i will be posting them soon!!!

 

[srikamaraja]

I really don't care how much/how many times people defend big box stores, at an LFS you can refuse to sell an animal because you believe it will die due to the inadequate care of the customer!

When a live animal is involved, THE CUSTOMER CAN NEVER PRESUME TO BE RIGHT.

 

[krzr3000]

srikamaraja, what shop do you work at?