I just thought of one that tops that....
I had this highly problematic customer for a while that I think (hopfully) gave up on fish keeping. Have not seen her in over 5 years.
She insisted on doing a 5.5 gallon salt water aquarium with a small power filter and wanted to keep a pair of ocellaris clowns in it (falce percula) with a host anemone. She had nothing but problems and of course it was everyone's fault but hers.
THe unbelievable thing this moron did was....and Iam not even remotly exagerating.... Her fish sounded like they had a parasite going on, could not treat the aquarium because it had an anemone in it, she wouldn't do a hospital tank so I suggested for her to fresh water dip the fish for about 10 minutes. I explained all the in's & out's of how to do the freshwater dip and even wrote down instructions for her. She called a while later and asked me " how will I know when 10 minutes are up?" I sugested that she use a timer, she said she didn't have one. I asked if she had a micro wave, she said "yes", I said "use it, it has a timer"
THe freekin dumb ass put her clowns in the micro wave for 10 minutes.
Guess who she blamed for her fish dying....ME!!!!!! I told her at that point the absolute best thing she could do was drain the aquarium and get out of the hobby. Havn't seen her since.....
I had this highly problematic customer for a while that I think (hopfully) gave up on fish keeping. Have not seen her in over 5 years.
She insisted on doing a 5.5 gallon salt water aquarium with a small power filter and wanted to keep a pair of ocellaris clowns in it (falce percula) with a host anemone. She had nothing but problems and of course it was everyone's fault but hers.
THe unbelievable thing this moron did was....and Iam not even remotly exagerating.... Her fish sounded like they had a parasite going on, could not treat the aquarium because it had an anemone in it, she wouldn't do a hospital tank so I suggested for her to fresh water dip the fish for about 10 minutes. I explained all the in's & out's of how to do the freshwater dip and even wrote down instructions for her. She called a while later and asked me " how will I know when 10 minutes are up?" I sugested that she use a timer, she said she didn't have one. I asked if she had a micro wave, she said "yes", I said "use it, it has a timer"
THe freekin dumb ass put her clowns in the micro wave for 10 minutes.
Guess who she blamed for her fish dying....ME!!!!!! I told her at that point the absolute best thing she could do was drain the aquarium and get out of the hobby. Havn't seen her since.....
dude that i s absolutely hilarious, that does top mine by a mile
lady
The ones around here are just beyond my comprehension of how they can be so UTTERLY naive and stupid. I just try to talk to the employees as little as possible cuz they annoy the heck outa me. I too have been to every pet store in a 200mile radius...lol...and so far have only found one with knowledgable staff...and I got offered a job there! WOOT!