"Silly" customer questions

my favorite and least favorite is when people walk in and they browse around then come over and get me to bag them some fish so i ask

ME: What can i get for you
Them: We'll take two of these, three of these, ummm a couple of those and maybe 1 of this and this and this... :D
ME: ...? What size tank do you have?
Them: oh we just got a new 5 gallon yesterday :D
ME: Just yesterday?? you really should wait at least a week before you get fish (explain nitro cycle) and then you can have like around 5 of these fish over here (to small community section)
Them: But the picture on the box shows a lot of fish!

:headshake2::wall::duh:
 
My favorite is when they walk up to you and ask if you work there..
 
Amante_di_Betta said:
My favorite is when they walk up to you and ask if you work there..
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I've had that happen to me at least once every time I go there. I go to my LFS so much, the employees and owners know me by name. Just 6 more months until I can work there...

Although, this has happened to me:

I was looking at the rummynose tetra tank that is next to the Ram tank.

Customer: No, not that one, that one.
Employee: Which one?
Customer: I don't know the difference between them.

I politely butted in and since the employee knows me, I asked "What is the problem?

Employee: This man wants 4 Bolivian rams except that we have GBRs in there too and I don't know which one is which.
Me: Well, the Bolivian ram is the one that looks tanner than the other one and has a pinkish body while a german ram is gold with blue accents. And if you get them in when they're old enough, the males will have a long fin ray at the front of his dorsal fin while a female's will be even all through the fin.
Customer: Thanks buddy.
Employee: You should really work here, I'll recommend you to the owner if you ever decide to work here.

On the ride home, I was happy as a clam. :)
 
Someone asked me where the "dandy-ohs" were
I said they're where the "preggos and "chicklets" are

I know I'm mean.

Though they then asked me if they carry dolphins... That was another story...
 
i don't get the chinchilla thing. . . .
 
they are trying to say cichlid... chick-lid, chee-chlid, kick-lid, chin-chick-lid, chinchilla, we get them all hahaha
 
yeah so earlier today some1 came and asked me what would go with their "red fish". after about 5 minutes of quizzing them i finally deduced that it was (or was similar to) a Red Zebra. she wanted to put guppies with it... so i told her thats not smart (her cichlid was about 6" she said) so she asked what she could put with them. I felt bad because i dont know too much about rift lake cichlids (or any African for that matter) and said if she had come in like 2-4" ago i would be more useful. i felt kinda bad...

but i guess the funny part is she had a 6 inch red fish in a 14g tank. which i kindly suggested upgrading.... very very soon.
 
Crazy things happen at lfs, I remember a girl and her parents looking at the bettas:

Parents: Do you want another betta honey?
Girl: No, I already have two.
Younger brother: But mine died...can I have another one?
Girl: Well, you're not putting him with mine! But hey look! There's a girl betta! Mommy, can we get her? I bet the boy will be happy to have her with him!

I sincerely hope that she was not keeping them in the same tank...
 
hahaha male Bettas are such pimps what are you talking about. Get the Girl, seduce the girl, kill the girl, no sweat. :D hahaha
 
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