Stupid customer tricks

[mothernature]

Stories as a customer,,,,

1- the ''fishlady'' tries to tell me ''the nickel'' in my water will kill all my fish.
( ? did she mean -copper- kills -snails- ? LOL , -->so does high nitrates)

2- ''fishlady'' asks me something new every time I see her,,
- how do you set up a pond?
- what is wrong with my goldfish?
- where do you work?
- how many tanks do you have?
- how big does this fish get?
( I feel like I should get paid to buy fish!)

3- this is no joke,
more often than not, when I go to buy fish employees give me attitude
-for example-
-{after I have been making direct eye contact for longer than 5 minutes, waiting patiently while they flirt!) ,, I say ''you ready to catch some fish?'' 'fishlady' says ''no." I say ''okay,.,.,., are you ready to catch some fish?" 'fishguy' says " I guess." --- so fishguy is taking forever (1 hour+) to catch the fish, while 'fishlady' uses me like google, probing for quick answers and sucking all my hard-learned info. ( what happened to asking the customer ''Do you need some help?'' )
- they make ''ugh'' and ''pshhhhh'' sounds the whole time they are ''helping me''
- they know I am there to buy fish, yet they ignore me and I have to ask if they are "ready to catch some fish?'' every time!


Stories as an employee---
customers have said the craziest things
1- "can I put nemo (saltwater clownfish ) in this goldfish bowl?"
2- "I bought this ($0.12) feeder from you and it died, can I have a refund?"
3- "why do all my fish die?'' ( where do I start? hmmmmmm. )
4- little kids say "Nemo!" at least once a day.
5- some kid yells "Nemos dying!" his mom glares at me ,like its my fault all the ''tank raised'' clowns came in with ick. jeez!
6- Some angry guy with something to prove says "you know fish dont have feelings right?" ( ummm, do I have to answer that )


The list keeps getting bigger!

 

[me_wee_todded]

ok this one isnt a story but it would be fun to do.

get an E-Cat and tell one of my friend its a sausage catfish and they like to be hand fed.
you guys can figure out the rest.

 

[abpositive]

My favorite experience was a few months ago. I was straightening up one of the plant tanks in the store, when a customer walked over to me and asked "Do you work here?" Keep in mind that my arm was elbow deep in the tank at the time. I looked around and then replied "Shh, no, I don't work here. What I like to do is wait until all of the employees are busy helping customers, and then I sneak in and re-plant all of the plants in their tanks." The gentlemen then apologized for mistaking me for an employee, and proceeded to the counter to await someone else's help.

Thank goodness for stupid people. The world would be so boring without them.

This one is absolutely, hands down, my favorite.

 

[abpositive]

Dear Fellows This whole thread is quiet amusing but actually too superficial to change anything.

But, that is the point. Amusement. Nothing else. Changing the world was never mentioned in this thread?
Relax, and let the giggles come.

 

[dragonfish]

Here's the latest. Lady says, Give me three pleco's.
Wow, three, how big of a tank?
5 gallon.
You know that three are alot for that small of a tank.
They're not all going in one tank, I have others
Ok good, how big?
Another 5 gallon and a 2 gallon so they will be fine.
No.

 

[abpositive]

Yes it is a privilege to KNOW but the issue is to handle the knowledge constructively.

It´s a pity that you don´t care, just "wanking" on "funny" stories shows no professionality (in general, nobody meant specially)

Of course there are really funny situations, but most of the stories show just stupidity on EACH side that is for sure.

A funny situation deserves no self-portrayal.

Something like "the customer said....and I just turned my head around" is just ... well what shall I call it

But as I see I already reached the ones who care, so I can easily step back and leave you all to you hobbyistic fun

Oh, for God's sake, LET IT GO.
PLEASE?

 

[abpositive]

Attention petco and petsmart employees!

you guys are cry babies!
shut up and do your job,!
customers are more valued than employees to corporate.
Just catch the fish , skimp on the feeders, black bag the dead fish, do a dead run every hour, learn how to catch fish and what the fish are called!
,,,,
And hook it up with a free fish once in a while.. Its not like you cant just write the fish off as dead! Duh! You've personally killed fish no matter what so why not give some away or one at least,,,..

I ask for 40 feeder crickets and the lady hands me 25 with 10 dead ones,,
so if I ask for 100 feeder goldfish , I will get 45 live ones. most die if not all.. petco and petsmart are SHIESTY!!!

I used to secretly give out plenty of extra feeders! corporate loved me.
In the end I attracted alot of business , because i was friendly , professional and knowledgable , you should try that also.

Oh yeah if a fish is dying and a knowledgable customer is willing to take them off your hands, you are allowed to give it to them for free! Duh. call it adoption. Ask corporate if you can do this! Duh!! For example, if a fish just got left on your counter, and you do not have the resources to care for it. You should just give the fish away if its dying ,, not sell it to someone that works harder than you do!. And study hard,, its a science , not a job!

WTF????

Lady, lay off the breakfast drugs for your own sake.

 

[mothernature]

WTF????

Lady, lay off the breakfast drugs for your own sake.

Woah, drugs are illegal buddy, and I am unaware of these so called "breakfast drugs" you speak of.

 

[REDKID!!!]

anyone got any more?

 

[philliptobin]

About a year ago I helped a friend setup a reef tank, his sister-in-law saw it and decided that she wanted a reef tank. She got her husband to go out and buy a 24 g nanocube and they proceded to setup their "saltwater" tank. They bought the best of everything and after the tank cycled for about 2 months they bought the highest priced fish because the looked good only to have them die within 24 hours. After they went through about $1000 in fish, they called their brother-in-law to help them get the tank setup right. He called me for advice, the pH, nitrates, ect. were within acceptable range so I asked what the specific gravity was, it didn't even measure on the hydrometer. So I asked how much sea salt they put in the tank. The reply was the man at the fish shop said to add 2 tablespoons of table salt per gallon. I hung the phone up in disbelief, not having to say anything to my friend as he knew when the said table salt what the problem was.