MrsM3197

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Having your 11 yr old explain the nitrogen cycle and humane fish keeping to a PetSmart employee.... priceless

Lucy

ah ha! Way to go, don't you love it?

I swear, this next generation of fish keepers is going to be awesome.

Martinismommy

That is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You just have to love seeing an 11 year old with such knowledge.....Good job Mom!

Amanda

Don't you wish that you have taped that? I would have loved to see the employees face.

fishrule101

I bet the employee must have felt so dum.

laurie.os

hee hee

MrsM3197

I take no credit for this one at all, other than telling him he's more than welcome to have a tank of his own...but he needs to learn to take care of it. He studied, he sat in front of this machine and took notes on paper. He made graphs so he could understand the nitrogen cycle better (I'm ashamed to say how many times I read the information and still didn't understand it 'til it finally clicked). Watching him explain everything to this employee was such a joyous moment I could almost forget how amusing it was to see this womans face as she was blinking her eyes with her mouth open wide as if she were suprised...but it was still pretty funny. My only regret is I could not talk him into buying his fish elsewhere. He said, "Momma, if I don't get them here, they're gonna die." Well, I couldn't very well argue with that logic...and at least they have a 14 day guarantee (with good reason).

Slug

Haha awesome. Its good to see the interest in the hobby still alive with young people.

Darlene

That is hilarious! I would have loved to see that...

HatchetHaven

Lol, if you said anything else I would take it as a personal offense! (I'm only 12) I was acctualy explaining water changes to a fish store employee a few months ago...

Darlene

Wow, I thought you were older than that...I knew from some posts that you were younger, still in school and living with your parents, but I thought you were high school age for some reason. You come across a lot older to me I guess, very mature for your age. Congratulations on being such a responsible person.

Devon

That should be the next commercial!!
Kudos to you for helping him learn all of that most important information, and kudos to him for being one smart kid. I'll bet that Deathco employee was totally floored!
Awesome that you finally have your fish, now it's time to get to work!

Gosh Hatchet, I thought you were at least 16-20 from the posts you make. We've got some very mature young fish keepers here on FL it seems.

jdhef

Yeah, what she said!

capekate

Your son sounds like a wonderful insightful and sensitive young man! You should be very proud of him and you should take the credit of having brought him up to be so.
I wish him the best of luck with his fish hobby... he sounds like he really enjoys it. good for him!

Annabelle

Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahaha hahahahaha , That is truly funny. Its not like most people would be really rude to a child who cared like they would to most grownups as well so she may not have listened to an older person liked she did to your 11yr old. Congrats on raising such a great caring intelligent kid!

Wow Hatchet, you really do come across as older. Its great to know that the next generation has such caring representatives.

Bede

That's great! I love it!
Just be careful, next thing you know he's going to be going to work for them like my boy is,LOL!

MrsM3197

I'll second that Hatchet! You've obviously done your own hard work and studying. I hope you are very proud of yourself, 'cause you should be. I wouldn't had a clue you were 12!

Alessa

hatchet is an incredibly mature guy for his age, thats why he comes by as older

that aside... seriously, I would have PAID to see the employees face...