Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...
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BenSow;4462683; said:
knifegill;4462684; said:
Gervahlt;4462720; said:
I have an 18" RTC in a 2.5g... What's wrong with 2.5g? I had to fold him in half to get him to fit, but I think he looks happy. I call him 'Bonsai'...
Water changes are actually really easy cause maybe only a half gallon of water will fit with him in there. I don't think the pleco in there with him appreciates it though. I might move the pleco to a mayo jar later.
No, I'm not serious.
I have sooo many stories from the LFS I worked at. I'll post some at a later time though; gotta get ready for work right now. Entertaining thread op!
This guy comes in to my store all the time and consistently has a problem with everything...he's never happy, and we never have what he wants, his fish always die..etc. He looks like Jame Gumb from Silence of the Lambs, with short hair.
Anyways...my first experience with him, he comes in, and he's looking at the fish food. I go over to help him, and to set the mood he's "jigging"...fidgeting...bouncing up and down (and also wearing short running shorts) while yelling at me about never having the food he feeds his fish. He wasn't sure of the name of it, it's an Omega One brand, but he says we definitely don't have it. I asked him what kind of fish he has, hoping to point out something similar, he goes "cichlids". Okay, what kind of cichlids? Thirty dollar cichlids!! and you don't have the only food they will eat!!!!!!!! I thought the dude was going to knife me or something (he's still bouncing around). He said he has the bottle at home...I told him to bring the bottle the next time he comes in, and I will see if I can order it.
Next day, he comes and marches straight up to me with the bottle in hand...I took it from him, walked up to the fish food, and said Sir..it's right here. He looked at me for a minute, and then proclaimed that we must have gotten a new shipment...that this food definitely wasn't there yesterday. He didn't like me explaining that we only get shipments on certain days
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Anyways...my first experience with him, he comes in, and he's looking at the fish food. I go over to help him, and to set the mood he's "jigging"...fidgeting...bouncing up and down (and also wearing short running shorts) while yelling at me about never having the food he feeds his fish. He wasn't sure of the name of it, it's an Omega One brand, but he says we definitely don't have it. I asked him what kind of fish he has, hoping to point out something similar, he goes "cichlids". Okay, what kind of cichlids? Thirty dollar cichlids!! and you don't have the only food they will eat!!!!!!!! I thought the dude was going to knife me or something (he's still bouncing around). He said he has the bottle at home...I told him to bring the bottle the next time he comes in, and I will see if I can order it.
Next day, he comes and marches straight up to me with the bottle in hand...I took it from him, walked up to the fish food, and said Sir..it's right here. He looked at me for a minute, and then proclaimed that we must have gotten a new shipment...that this food definitely wasn't there yesterday. He didn't like me explaining that we only get shipments on certain days
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_Jessica_;4469558; said:He looked at me for a minute, and then proclaimed that we must have gotten a new shipment...that this food definitely wasn't there yesterday. He didn't like me explaining that we only get shipments on certain days
"No, Sir. When we saw you coming in yesterday we knew exactly what food you would be looking for so we hurriedly boxed it up and hid it so that we wouldn't be able to make any money by selling something to you.
We then knew you would be back today, and put the food back out on the shelf to try and make you look stupid. You've uncovered our evil plan Sir, congratulations. Shall I ring this up for you?"
Yeah, I don't think I would last very long in a job like that... I wouldn't be able to control myself.
_Jessica_;4469558; said:This guy comes in to my store all the time and consistently has a problem with everything...he's never happy, and we never have what he wants, his fish always die..etc. He looks like Jame Gumb from Silence of the Lambs, with short hair.
Anyways...my first experience with him, he comes in, and he's looking at the fish food. I go over to help him, and to set the mood he's "jigging"...fidgeting...bouncing up and down (and also wearing short running shorts) while yelling at me about never having the food he feeds his fish. He wasn't sure of the name of it, it's an Omega One brand, but he says we definitely don't have it. I asked him what kind of fish he has, hoping to point out something similar, he goes "cichlids". Okay, what kind of cichlids? Thirty dollar cichlids!! and you don't have the only food they will eat!!!!!!!! I thought the dude was going to knife me or something (he's still bouncing around). He said he has the bottle at home...I told him to bring the bottle the next time he comes in, and I will see if I can order it.
Next day, he comes and marches straight up to me with the bottle in hand...I took it from him, walked up to the fish food, and said Sir..it's right here. He looked at me for a minute, and then proclaimed that we must have gotten a new shipment...that this food definitely wasn't there yesterday. He didn't like me explaining that we only get shipments on certain days
honestly, Jessica, I worry about your safety after reading this . . . hope you aren't working the store by yourself . . .
Like a year ago I walked by my lfs and since I had nothing better to do I walked in to see what they had. Looked in the tanks and saw that they had some nice sewellia lineolata in one of them labeled and priced as gastromyzon punctulatus. I wanted some more s.lineolata for my river tank and this was a really good price since they cost twice as much as a g.punctulatus.
Looked for someone to help me and told her I wanted all the "gastromyzon" in that tank. She started out to fill the little plastic container and this guy walks up to us and starts talking to her about goldfish.
Guy: I need a goldfish. That one.
Girl: Sure, just let me do this first.
Guy: I'll be over here then...
After catching about 4 of the 9 that were in the tank the were getting harder to catch in the net and they were sticking to the glass pretty hard.
Girl: These catfish are really tough to catch...
Me: Yeah, I know. Have a bunch of them at home already. But they're not catfish at all. They are a distant relative to botias and other loaches and I pointed at some yoyo's in the tank next to her.
Girl: Wow. I did not know that and smiled at me.
Guy: No. That's not true. Clown loaches have no relatives. I read that in a book.
Me: Yes they do. There are many fish closely related to them, but clowns are the only fish in their genus.
Guy: No. You are wrong. I read it in a book. Clowns have no relatives at all. It said so.
Me: Then your book is a really bad one. Trust me. I've kept fish for well over 20 years and I do actually know what I'm talking about.
The guy looked a bit pissed at this time and he was hugging (yes, he was actually hugging) his briefcase.
Then he turned to the girl who was finishing up with the last fish and said: the water is really cloudy in my tank. Why?
Girl: What filter do you have?
Guy: A small one.
Girl: How big is your tank?
Guy: About 20 gallons.
Me: What do you keep in it?
Guy: 6 goldfish an 3 sailfin pleco.
Me: That's why it's cloudy. They are pigs. Both the goldfish and the pleco are real pigs and need good filters so the water stays clean. And they are far too big for your tank anyway.
Girl: But they only grow as big as the tank lets them.
Me: No they do not. The get really big. A goldfish will reach 10" fast and the pleco can grow up to 15-20". It's a myth that they only grow as large as the tank let them. They will continue to grow and there is nothing you can do about it.
Guy: No they cant. I have dwarf goldfish.
I just shook my head and walked over to the cash register to pay for my fish so I could get out of there.
At least I got some nice fish for half price
Looked for someone to help me and told her I wanted all the "gastromyzon" in that tank. She started out to fill the little plastic container and this guy walks up to us and starts talking to her about goldfish.
Guy: I need a goldfish. That one.
Girl: Sure, just let me do this first.
Guy: I'll be over here then...
After catching about 4 of the 9 that were in the tank the were getting harder to catch in the net and they were sticking to the glass pretty hard.
Girl: These catfish are really tough to catch...
Me: Yeah, I know. Have a bunch of them at home already. But they're not catfish at all. They are a distant relative to botias and other loaches and I pointed at some yoyo's in the tank next to her.
Girl: Wow. I did not know that and smiled at me.
Guy: No. That's not true. Clown loaches have no relatives. I read that in a book.
Me: Yes they do. There are many fish closely related to them, but clowns are the only fish in their genus.
Guy: No. You are wrong. I read it in a book. Clowns have no relatives at all. It said so.
Me: Then your book is a really bad one. Trust me. I've kept fish for well over 20 years and I do actually know what I'm talking about.
The guy looked a bit pissed at this time and he was hugging (yes, he was actually hugging) his briefcase.
Then he turned to the girl who was finishing up with the last fish and said: the water is really cloudy in my tank. Why?
Girl: What filter do you have?
Guy: A small one.
Girl: How big is your tank?
Guy: About 20 gallons.
Me: What do you keep in it?
Guy: 6 goldfish an 3 sailfin pleco.
Me: That's why it's cloudy. They are pigs. Both the goldfish and the pleco are real pigs and need good filters so the water stays clean. And they are far too big for your tank anyway.
Girl: But they only grow as big as the tank lets them.
Me: No they do not. The get really big. A goldfish will reach 10" fast and the pleco can grow up to 15-20". It's a myth that they only grow as large as the tank let them. They will continue to grow and there is nothing you can do about it.
Guy: No they cant. I have dwarf goldfish.
I just shook my head and walked over to the cash register to pay for my fish so I could get out of there.
At least I got some nice fish for half price
This happened to me the other day I was at a mall and these people I take it man and wife were selling hermit crabs in those stupid plastic cases which by the way I first bought mine in. I didnt know better till I got home and researched them. They give out little flyers with not enough info on them . I tried to talk to them but they just ignored me. Its really sad that 99% of those crabs will be dead in a few weeks.
Oh and they all had painted shells. I phoned the humane society but I doubt they will do anything I also complained to the mall.
Oh and they all had painted shells. I phoned the humane society but I doubt they will do anything I also complained to the mall.