I work at a petsmart (yes i know 
) and this couple comes in looking at CA/SA cichlids. They said it was their first time keeping them etc and they wanted 2 tiger oscars. I was like well what size tank and explained 2 fully grown oscars would require abouta 125 gallon tank and a ton of filtration. They had a 30 gallon uncycled so I told them that I wouldn't sell them to them and even if they found a manager I wasn't giving them a return guarantee (said it nicer than that just saving time) and talked to them for a solid 30-45 minutes about cycling and then after the cycle was completed how a breeding pair of convicts or a firemouth would last much longer in their tank and were really good cichlids for somebody trying to start out with south americans with that size tank, basics to keeping them healthy blah blah blah.
Well they told me they were gonna do some other shopping and come back, so while I had to go sell somebody a hamster, they went to my other co-worker, told her they had a 125 gallon tank waiting and that their 30 gallon was fully cycled, and when she got them the 2 baby oscars they made sure that she said that they could have the 2 week live guarantee.
I hate people sometimes. They basically took all the information I gave them about what should be done to keep them healthy and told the girl I was working with everything that I said.
) and this couple comes in looking at CA/SA cichlids. They said it was their first time keeping them etc and they wanted 2 tiger oscars. I was like well what size tank and explained 2 fully grown oscars would require abouta 125 gallon tank and a ton of filtration. They had a 30 gallon uncycled so I told them that I wouldn't sell them to them and even if they found a manager I wasn't giving them a return guarantee (said it nicer than that just saving time) and talked to them for a solid 30-45 minutes about cycling and then after the cycle was completed how a breeding pair of convicts or a firemouth would last much longer in their tank and were really good cichlids for somebody trying to start out with south americans with that size tank, basics to keeping them healthy blah blah blah. Well they told me they were gonna do some other shopping and come back, so while I had to go sell somebody a hamster, they went to my other co-worker, told her they had a 125 gallon tank waiting and that their 30 gallon was fully cycled, and when she got them the 2 baby oscars they made sure that she said that they could have the 2 week live guarantee.
I hate people sometimes. They basically took all the information I gave them about what should be done to keep them healthy and told the girl I was working with everything that I said.
not a smart move, if you care about your job. Places like Petsmart or more concerned about making a sale, instead of doing the "right" thing.