ATTN: LFS employees

[JJ21]

bump up!



ownage to page 21

 

[sanababit]

bump, keep it going

 

[kstallbe]

Last night at the LFS: Manager interviewing potential employee in the saltwater aisle.

Mgr: "So, what experience do you have with fish tanks."

Interviewee: "Well, my family has had a freshwater tank for a couple of years."

So, I walk away, not to be nosy and all... but thinking sheesh, that can't be good. I'm engrossed in a tank, peeking at some corals, trying to tell if the 'almost dead coral' discount is a good deal.' An employee then comes up behind me and says

E'ee: Do you have any questions?

Me: Not right now. But I do need some black worms (for my CBB who refuses to eat anything else).

E'ee: Uhhhhh....

Me: Thinking silently - OH! It's the new guy! Nice hire! Freshwater tank and has no clue about black worms...sweet! He will definitely be able to help me with my questions!

Well, he gets someone else to get me the black worms and I go home being sure to remember that incompetent face as what often truly lies beneath that seemingly knowledgeable attitude and LFS uniform of LFS employees everywhere.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11442130#post11442130 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by littlefish72
Had a situation two days ago that made me embarrassed to be a human being......only because I know that being a human being myself means that I share some genetic material with idiots and that bothers me

Now the story: we get shark eggs from time to time and a customer that I just got through helping spies the shark eggs and asks "Now just what is a shark egg?" I give a simple yet kind of smartass answer because i get that question all the time "It's like a chicken egg but with a shark." Then I turn the corner because I was helping another person. When I come back around he says "Man, you're pulling my chain. Sharks don't lay eggs. Sharks are mammals." My first thought was "Did you just say that?......out loud?......in a public place?" I simply say "No." He turns to a high school kid that works there and asks "Aren't sharks mammals?" And the kid just kind of shrugs his shoulders. So my second thought was "WHAT!!! THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T KNOW SHARKS AREN'T MAMMALS?!?!?!?! "Well what is a distinguishing characteristic of a mammal?" he says. "Well mammary glands would be the single defining characteristic of mammals," I reply. "Well don't sharks give live birth?" he asks like he just nailed me. "Yeah but it's a much different process. And other than having a notochord and some basic organs, we really don't have much in common with sharks." The guy leaves to pay for his stuff up front and I look at the high school kid and say "I'm sure you've taken Biology and you work at a fish store. How the f&^% don't you know sharks aren't mammals?"

Siiiiiiiiiiigh

what is even more disturbing about the american public and their knowledge of biology is that many people try and tell me birds are mammals, and that insects and reptiles are not animals. For some reason laying eggs, being cold blooded, makes you not a animal but it also makes you a mammal(in the case of birds). Animals people, either they did not care to listen in class or do not care to learn now. These are the people who are allowed to vote in public elections and give birth to other ignorant offspring. Also, corals are animals in case people on here didnt know

this site might help
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
or I might want to be pompous and carry around a map of the phylogenetic tree

 

[littlefish72]

"Hey man this phylogenetic tree has a shark on it. Don't that mean trees are mammals too? Cause it has a shark on it. Cause sharks are mammals. Thats logic right there." said the customer.

:lol2:

Now I own this page !!!!!!!!!

 

[pdash]

Re: love this!

Re: love this!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10184642#post10184642 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Labman48076
Great thread a place to share lol. I love the looks I get when people look at a large bin full of Rock and water they always look for a long time Sometimes you figure they are looking for LR then they finally look at you. What is this? live Rock then the looks you get they look again I think looking for it too breath, What Live Rock for salt waterthis is where I figure if they are intrested in salt water.

also Mothers that want a couple of Nemo's for JR. 1st they ask about keeping them in a fish bowl most don't even know they are Salt water.

wilth this thread I will try to think of more and look forward to other post in those times we need a laugh

Oh and if I get one more customer that wants a a baby shark in a 50 gallon tank because it won't grow big in there I Swear I am going to scream! :uzi: :furious: :blown:

It won't grow big in their duh, it will die first.

 

[Rendos]

One customer is in the store looking around and hears another customer say he needs some of our RO water.
The first customer waits until the other leaves and asks - "why would people want to buy your "Old Water"?".
Being from the south, you would be surprised how similar "RO" and "Your Old" water sounds.

 

[TheFishGuyLLC]

I enjoy the looks I get when I ask how much the dead fish are.

 

[ILoveLlamas]

So the other day a man comes in to the store and wants to buy one of our used tanks we keep out front. Did not actually want the tank, just the stand and canopy, but he buys it all anyways. It comes out to 250 something. He takes out his wallet and pulls out TWELVE credit cards and lines them up in a nice 4x3 grid on the counter. Then, he looks down and plays eeny meeny miny moe (wikipedia spelling) with them. He hands me the one he lands on.

My response: "Can I see some ID please." It was accepted.

All of the cards had the same name, and they all matched the ID, but I still found this behavior exceedingly odd.

 

[liferuiner055]

this lady with her kids came into the store with her dead clownfish in a bag ( sorry to be so graphic) and asked me if she could get a refund because her fish died within 24 hours. I asked her if she brought a water test with her and she said no, then she went on tell me this had happened to her 4 times now. I was like ok, well what are you keeping it in. She responded with "a bowl." Then i thought oh god, no. then I asked her just to see her response what kind of water she was keeping the fish in and she responded like i was an idiot, with " what other type of water would i use...water from the faucet."

hella sad at people being stupid and not educating themselves about a living form, but still kinda funny.

 

[JJ21]

bump

 

[mcbaes72]

Okay, instead of blaming others, here's some dumb things that I've said/done...

(Early in sw/reef hobby)

1) Actually throw in some sea salt mix in a previous freshwater setup (gravel, HOB filter w/ carbon media, etc) and think it will work (didn't add sw fish). After some research, I did it correctly the second time by tearing everything down and adding LS, LR and a small skimmer.

2) Use copper in the main tank instead of setting up a quarantine tank (which I did later) on a FOWLR setup.

3) When buying some LR, this particular anemone was attached to a piece and I thought it was pretty cool because it was transparent and light brown in color. Then the LFS told me I didn't want that, it's aiptasia and is known as a pest (like weeds in a garden) and then killed it. Then, he showed me some anemones that were nice to own. I felt dumb.

*****

(Recently)

1) I currently have an 8 yr old false perc, I asked the LFS if it's okay to add another clownfish in there. He told me my older perc would most likely injure or kill the new clownfish since "she" has been alone for so long. Glad I asked.

*****

I'm sure there's more, but gotta get back to work.

 

[psteeleb]

30 years ago (I know ancient)

This guy and his daughter walk into the store and are checking out the saltwater fish. The daughter being shorter spots some seahorses in a lower display and says; “Look Dad, real live seahorses”. The dad doesn’t even look and responds; “that’s Disney land, you know fake”. I felt sorry for the kid.

 

[seapug]

I went into a local store recently. Been around for a while, good place overall, knowledgeable, friendly owners....

Two stoners standing in front of one of the sale/display tank (I have no problem with pot smoking, just idiots). The owner walks up and asks if they have any questions or need help.

stoner 1: "Like, how do you know how to take care of these things?"
owner: "Well, it's my business and I've been doing it for years. And I read."
stoner 1: "really?"
owner: "Yes."

stoner 2: "Like, have you like ever come in and found like everything dead?"
owner: "Uhh, no."
stoner 2: "Like, I mean, like how would you feel if you like came in and everything was like, dead?"
owner: "Probably pretty bummed out."
Before he could even finish saying that--

stoner 1: "Dude! What IS that? (pointing at Mandarin Goby)"
owner: "What, you mean that fish?"
stoner 1: "That's a fish? Whoa, dude, that's crazy."
owner: "Yes, that's a fish."

At that point I walked away and realized I would never be able to work at an LFS without dropkicking people on a daily basis.

 

[laxing22]

Felt this needed a bump - was in my LFS and a little kid (~5) goes "Look Nemo!" (correctly pointing to a Perc) to which the father said - "No honey, this is Nemo" (pointing to a Humma Humma Trigger in another tank)

 

[littlefish72]

Sometimes there are customers that don't care or are ignorant.........then there are the customers that are clinically insane..........This customer has recently taken the title "Crazy Beta Lady" from another customer that just really liked betas...........so the newly named "Crazy Beta Lady" claims. Her beta. Licks her. From another room. While she sleeps.

I kid you not.

A fellow employee told her to put Fruit Loops (HAHA get it?) in with her beta to give it something to do.........and she did it.

I kid you not.

Apparently her boss has a caviar fish, not a sturgeon, a caviar fish and she fed the eggs to her catfish. Her catfish has now grown so big that it now eats whole goldfish. This story is the most believable she has told apart from the caviar fish part.

I am scared of her

 

[PogoMonogo]

I have a Beta lady at my store. Yeeeeep.

 

[Monti]

Wow that freaks me out a little bit. Our store has a crazy betta lady. She has a new injury every time she comes in. She talks to the bettas. They talk back to her. Apparently. It is impressive to watch the other employees scatter when she walks through the door.

Great stupid story... this guy comes in and asks for a chiller. After showing it to him he asks how much. I tell him around $500. He freaks out and starts yelling: "Why is it so expensive!? What a rip off! My heater only cost me 35 bucks!"

 

[PogoMonogo]

Dude, thats CRAZY....I swear our beta lady always has a different injury too. One month its an arm brace, another its a leg brace. Sometimes I think she might be in an abusive relationship with her Beta fish.

 

[melev]

<b>"Why is it so expensive!? What a rip off! My heater only cost me 35 bucks!"</b>

Did you tell him to turn it off? :lol: