TFA101
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Moments ago, I read about how someone was banned from wal mart as a result of being helpful, which I see no clear reason for. I thought I'd share my walmart experiences with you people. Here goes...
Not long ago, I began pricing a 50 gallon tank (well, the inhabitants really) and one of them was going to be a Pictus Catfish. Seconds later, someone had requested two of the little guys, and anyone who owns or has owned them, knows very well about their fin spines. Beiong neither one, I had researched the fish and found out about the spines myself. The guy goes over and nets... NETS! one of the two requested catfish, and begins to put him in the plastic container... well, not really, the poor thing had all spines entangled in the net, so what does this wal mart attendant do? He shakes the darn thing with full force until his dorsal fin spine ripped off his fin. He did the same with the other catfish, who was actually shaken so much, he was knocked out for half a second, and began swimming normally shortly after he fell into the container. I went over there as soon as the deed was done, told him about what I saw, how to improve how to catch a fish, and he gave me that look, the kind of look me and a lot of fellow teenagers get when they tell someone how to do their job. Shortly after being lectured about telling him what to do, I told him the following...
"you have probaly just disgraced the Wal Mart name as far as you can go, and not only that, those poor animals you just sold to that lady will probably have their lives taken from them in short while. The pictus catfish has very little chance of survival once the tearing off of a fin spine occurs. Imagine having your arm or leg torn off, and then being put on show." and I left. My love for these animals must be taken to the extremes if I want these animals, who most people would think serves as our pet, to have the respect they deserve. They may be bred for show, but to me, they're more than bedroom decorations, or an item for display, they're my pride and joy, they're like my own kids, and a parent would never let anything bad happen to their child. This is pretty much the exact same situation.
End of story.
feel free to post your own walmart, petsmart, petco, or other experiences on this post. and like anna said in her wal mart posts, moderators, this is not to be taken with such great meaning and stuff like that, I just need to explain my feelings for such animals.
Not long ago, I began pricing a 50 gallon tank (well, the inhabitants really) and one of them was going to be a Pictus Catfish. Seconds later, someone had requested two of the little guys, and anyone who owns or has owned them, knows very well about their fin spines. Beiong neither one, I had researched the fish and found out about the spines myself. The guy goes over and nets... NETS! one of the two requested catfish, and begins to put him in the plastic container... well, not really, the poor thing had all spines entangled in the net, so what does this wal mart attendant do? He shakes the darn thing with full force until his dorsal fin spine ripped off his fin. He did the same with the other catfish, who was actually shaken so much, he was knocked out for half a second, and began swimming normally shortly after he fell into the container. I went over there as soon as the deed was done, told him about what I saw, how to improve how to catch a fish, and he gave me that look, the kind of look me and a lot of fellow teenagers get when they tell someone how to do their job. Shortly after being lectured about telling him what to do, I told him the following...
"you have probaly just disgraced the Wal Mart name as far as you can go, and not only that, those poor animals you just sold to that lady will probably have their lives taken from them in short while. The pictus catfish has very little chance of survival once the tearing off of a fin spine occurs. Imagine having your arm or leg torn off, and then being put on show." and I left. My love for these animals must be taken to the extremes if I want these animals, who most people would think serves as our pet, to have the respect they deserve. They may be bred for show, but to me, they're more than bedroom decorations, or an item for display, they're my pride and joy, they're like my own kids, and a parent would never let anything bad happen to their child. This is pretty much the exact same situation.
End of story.
feel free to post your own walmart, petsmart, petco, or other experiences on this post. and like anna said in her wal mart posts, moderators, this is not to be taken with such great meaning and stuff like that, I just need to explain my feelings for such animals.