Stupid customer tricks

[missyme06]

I am not reading too much I am just pointing at something that interests me....that´s all.

Actually you are heading the wrong way stating that I am defining all of you being the stupid part I meant collectively, so there is no harshness in my opinion



...and that´s all I mean if you turn back some pages and take a look at my general attitude.

What I actually mean and that is surely not the gist here is that some threads like this are misleading concerning the cooperation between prof´s and hobbyists.

But if there is anyone I blame for those are the prof´s because without experience and skills there is no professionality in business so only a professional has to prove being really professional. A hobbyist is allowed to make mistakes a prof can´t effort.

And I just take the right to do so, because I am one of them.

I appreciate everybody for critisizing constructively and that´s the point we all should discuss not offend each other...and that is no delicious irony.

saw your last post and understand where your coming form, but still don't care, if any of us needed to be told what your telling us it would be our managers.

we care when we are at work, and we understand and help all of these people, But none of them are on monsters, so that's where I'm going to tell funny story's about them.

it is the privilege as an informed Aquarist to know when an uniformed aquarist is saying something that is very funny or very wrong. just as any one in any field has the same privilege over their uniformed customers.

 

[missyme06]

double posted on accident, sorry. how do you delete messages. delete this one.

 

[AndreR]

it is the privilege as an informed Aquarist to know when an uniformed aquarist is saying something that is very funny or very wrong. just as any one in any field has the same privilege over their uniformed customers.

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

 

[dragonfish]

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

The point of this thread was to share amusing stories that we hear. Purely for entertainment purposes. If all these situations could be handled in a professional, constructive, and helpful manner, the thread would not have gone on as long as it has. Most of these people do not want to hear professional advice, they want to hear, " And what else can I bag up for you".
It is sad that it's this way, but at least here there is an outlet for it without causing harm to anyone. Unless one of them happens to frequent this site, in which case they may see themselves and learn something. I am sorry if you can't see any humor in a no-win situation, but we can't all be professional 100% of the time.

 

[Derpeder]

man this thread sure did lose its entertainment value.

 

[Nightfall_Fish]

Right, so I went to the LFS to get my Jardini last night...and while I'm stading there waiting there's an older gentleman all hyped up about getting fish. Loved the enthuziasm, so I asked him what tank he had and what he was getting for it. Conversation was much like as follows...

"What kind of tank do you have?"

"It's a big 29g."

"Oh, what are you going to stock it with?"

He points out a leopard puffer.

"Those guys are awesome, I had one you'll really enjoy it."

Then he points out a couple green terror juvs. "Those, and one of those." Pointing out a blue crayfish.

I grimace a bit."That might be a bit overstocked, plus the puffer is a fin nipper so the other fish and he might fight."

"Oh....well my wife really likes puffers, so I'll just get him and the crab."

"Well that might not be a good idea, as the puffer will eat the crayfish. It'd be a $20 snack."

"He's a lot bigger though, so I'll still give it a try."

I wished him good luck and left it at that.

 

[andregurov]

I am not reading too much I am just pointing at something that interests me....that´s all.

Actually you are heading the wrong way stating that I am defining all of you being the stupid part I meant collectively, so there is no harshness in my opinion

I can appreciate your desire to help us improve our professional attitudes. You can appreciate my desire to not see this thread (wait! too late!) get derailed by preachy killjoys. I meant collectively, so there is no harshness in my opinion

Perhaps, one day, this thread will be a funny story for someone's customer. I have a feeling it already is between co-workers. Back to the silly stories!

J (trying not to shout to loud and prove he is a dumbass - hey, who has the most replies to this thread anyways?!)

 

[Connor0729]

ok, now does anyone have any other STUPID COSTOMER TRICKS. i'm sick of reading "its not there fault" and "you probably made mistake when you were a noob too". we know all of that, but come on, this thread use to be hilarious, now its just plain boring. so to spice it up a bit, here is a STUPID EMPLOYEE STORY.

me and my brother were at a petcetera and belack (my little bros nickname) was looking at the blue acaras. anyway he asks this girl to bag one up for him, and she says "these aren't blue acaras, the're a cichlid of some kind". me and belack are like "ya, umm, a blue acara is a cichlid". shes like "oh, ok".

why the h*ll does she work there if she doesn't even know that a blue acara is a freakin cichlid.

oh ya, the blue acara turned out to be a jack dempsey.

i hate that store. from now on i shop at big al's and nowhere else.

 

[Optimist]

I have a couple complaints about PetSmart. About a year ago, I went up to this guy working in the fish department and asked if I could have a fish. He then replied "you have to be 21 or older to buy a live fish." I told him that I didn't think there was an age limit on buying fish and walked away. The next time I was there, I asked a lady working there for a peacock eel. She netted it, but as she tried to get it into the bag, it jumped onto the floor. I looked at her to see if she was going to do anything, but she just stood there. I picked up the eel and put it back into the tank. She then asked me if I was OK. I was a little confused, but said yes. The lady then said "I guess the little ones don't have that much electricity." I gave up on getting an eel, but I still wanted some cory cats for my other tank. I pointed to the tank and asked her to net two of the catfish. I let her spend a couple minutes chasing after neon tetras before explaining that the catfish were the ones with whiskers.

 

[REDKID!!!]

I have a couple complaints about PetSmart. About a year ago, I went up to this guy working in the fish department and asked if I could have a fish. He then replied "you have to be 21 or older to buy a live fish." I told him that I didn't think there was an age limit on buying fish and walked away. The next time I was there, I asked a lady working there for a peacock eel. She netted it, but as she tried to get it into the bag, it jumped onto the floor. I looked at her to see if she was going to do anything, but she just stood there. I picked up the eel and put it back into the tank. She then asked me if I was OK. I was a little confused, but said yes. The lady then said "I guess the little ones don't have that much electricity." I gave up on getting an eel, but I still wanted some cory cats for my other tank. I pointed to the tank and asked her to net two of the catfish. I let her spend a couple minutes chasing after neon tetras before explaining that the catfish were the ones with whiskers.