Just wanted to complain. This probably wont make sense unless you are an animal person, or a pet store employee. I really dont understand why people buy animals without at least googling them. I mean, shouldnt we try to keep things alive if we take them into our care? *sigh* Ready for two days off in a row. My Day: 1. Customer: My sucky fish died after seven years. He was this big. (Holds out her hands to about a foot long.) Me: What size tank do you have? Customer: A 20 gallon. (Which is about two feet long) Me: What were you feeding him? Customer: He eats the algae. Me: These guys need algae wafers, they wont get proper nutrition from just algae. What other fish do you have? Customer: A big cichlid(size of my hand), a tinfoil barb (the size of my fist), two tiger barbs, and a giant danio. Me: You need a bigger tank. And proper schools for your fish. Customer: Really? My tank is SOOOO BIG. :-X 2. Customer: What else can I put in my tank? I have two plecos and two oscars in a 30 gallon. Me: You know all of those fish get massive right? Customer: Yeah, but I just want something else for right now. :-X 3. Customer: All of my fish died and I cant figure out why, can you test my water. Me: Okay, how often do you do water changes? Customer: I add water every time it gets low. Me: So youve never taken water out? Customer: No. Should I? I had it for half a year. Me: I think we figured it out. 4. Customer: Do I have to get a filter for my fishtank? Me: Unless you want a betta, yeah. Customer: Thats stupid. I dont want to deal with that. Me: Yeah, sorry. Customer: So what kind of fish can I put in this? (Pointing to a 2 gallon) Me: Without a filter? A betta. Customer: (Grumbles and walks away) 5. Customer: I want a Leopard Gecko, but I dont want to feed it bugs. Me: Um. Thats what they eat. Are you sure you want a reptile? Customer: Yeah, I just dont like bugs. 6. Customer: If I keep the Bearded Dragon in a small tank will it stay small? 7. Customer: I just bought a cockatiel. I have food, and this cage, (points to a parakeet cage) do I need anything else? Me: Well, youll need some cuttlebone, some toys, and... Customer: *Interrupts* I didnt know itd be that expensive! 8. Customer: I have a wading pool in my backyard, can I put some koi in it. Me: How deep is it? Do you have a filter? Customer: No filter. About a foot deep. Me: They need a filter, and thats going to freeze in the winter time. Customer: Oh well, Ill buy them anyway. Itll be something to look at for now. Still love my job. But sometimes the customers really get to me, other days I have better luck, and thankfully people in Eugene as a whole are much more receptive to new information than people back in So Cal. At least I know that pretty much every day I work I save or improve the life of at least one animal, and educate the public on proper pet care. I learn something new pretty much every day that I go to work too, who else can say that?
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:16:21 +0000
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