Fish Nazi at LFS

[NotGumbel]

ah....I'm following ya but what makes the word defined as something else final though.... I mean how long does it have to be used as something different for it to become "coloquial" (is that the word?).... society?

How about this for a colloquialism ...

purple stringing: the act of prolonging a conversational thread far past its natural lifespan strictly for entertainment value; typically intended as a compliment for a witty posting ("Dude, you were SO purple stringing it on that troll.")​

 

[kyle3]

 

[Roan Art]

Perhaps the conversation could have gone this way instead ...

LFS employee: What fish do you have in there?
Aquarob: Community fish. Dont worry, I have schools of both these fish, just adding to them.
LFS employee: Right, but what kind of fish do you have in there besides the tetras?
Aquarob: 4 corydoras, 4 Oto's, and 4 Celebes Rainbows.
LFS employee: (waving fingers) These are not the fish you are looking for.
Aquarob: What?...
LFS employee: (waving fingers) These are not the fish you are looking for.
Aquarob: These are not the fish I'm looking for.
LFS employee: (sending text message to friends) dude jedi mind trick totally worked
Aquarob: Seriously, junior, gimme the fish or I'll start a thread about you on AquariaCentral.
LFS employee: D'oh!
LFS manager: And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.
​

:joke:

:laugh: man that's a hoot!

I love Star Wars

Roan

 

[Galaxie]

:laugh: man that's a hoot!

I love Star Wars

Roan

Replace Aquarob with Chewbacca and the whole incident would have taken 15 seconds. ...not counting ambulance/ hospital time.

(edit, btw, I used to work with two French guys. They found no humor at all in using the term Nazi. It was almost like a derogatory word for them. Being a typical smarty American, I said fine... I'll just use "Vichy" the next time I need a synonym for Nazi. ....they didn't laugh.)

 

[aquarob]

Wow, good thread good thread. Talked to the guy, his name was Forrest. No, im not kidding. Anyway, we agreed to disagree. So I told him about this site and a couple rainbowfish orientated sites he should look up. He said he would. /shrug I think if hes working next time I buy some fish, he's likely to just bag them up, regardless. Which in a way is what I wanted, so I guess I am happy. I told him more gently that what he was doing was generally a good thing, only he needed to be more tactful. At that point he got a little defensive again, so I just let it go. Some people are just born goosesteppin'. :joke:

P.S. I loved the star wars reference, but I doubt even Chewie wouldve torn his arms off for that. Though, if he was in a bad mood, who knows. He did nearly crush Lando's windpipe...

 

[kyle3]

HAPPY ENDING! very cool

 

[DaisyTattoo]

Good going Rob. Thats cool that you went back in there and said what you did. Hopefully others will learn from your actions. :bowing:

 

[DirkW]

Perhaps the conversation could have gone this way instead ...

LFS employee: What fish do you have in there?
Aquarob: Community fish. Dont worry, I have schools of both these fish, just adding to them.
LFS employee: Right, but what kind of fish do you have in there besides the tetras?
Aquarob: 4 corydoras, 4 Oto's, and 4 Celebes Rainbows.
LFS employee: (waving fingers) These are not the fish you are looking for.
Aquarob: What?...
LFS employee: (waving fingers) These are not the fish you are looking for.
Aquarob: These are not the fish I'm looking for.
LFS employee: (sending text message to friends) dude jedi mind trick totally worked
Aquarob: Seriously, junior, gimme the fish or I'll start a thread about you on AquariaCentral.
LFS employee: D'oh!
LFS manager: And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.
​

:joke:

You're showing your age with that Scooby-Do reference.

 

[Lobo.]

age? i used to watch those at least once a week growing up, and im only 16!, then again, i have never liked the new cartoons, they pale in comparison to the really old ones (yes scooby doo, although addicting to kids, is horribly put together)

 

[NotGumbel]

You're showing your age with that Scooby-Do reference.

Actually, I could be referring to the episode of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, where he defends Shaggy & Scooby on marijuana possession charges (explains why they were always giggling and had the munchies) ... :sim: