Forestpisces
Fish Herder
Job went great! I'm hired lol i'm working sunday.
Had alot of work to do and had to persuade a woman that a ghost knife was not appropriate for her 60 litre *smacks head* she was adamant thats what she wanted and that she knew about cycling as she had read about it and got her tank specifically for the BGK, i thought to myself if she had researched then she would know that a 60 litre is in no way big enough for a BGK she also wanted to buy the biggest guy in the shop, She was in for well over an hour looking round after i finally persuaded her that it wasnt the best idea, I tryed to persuade her in the way of a few cories maybe a dwarf gourami and some smaller shoaling fish but she was having none of it acting like she knew far far more than she obviousely did,i had to bag some fish for another group of customers, and after i had done that i was told to bag a dwarf cichlid for a customer (cockatoo i think, my cichlid knowlage needs work as we have a huge malawi section amongs new worlds and africans), off i went and bagged one and as i took it to the till i realised who it was for, the woman who had wanted the BGK she was leaving with 2 killifish 2 upside down cats and a dwarf cichlid.
I don't know which option was worse, BGK or her selection, we tryed to offer her caresheet for the fish but she just left them. I bet i see her in a few days and she'll be claiming that we didnt warn her.
Did alot of tank maintinance, good job i don't mind doing it, i cleared out everything from Sevs to platys to baby oscars. Fed every fish in the shop before closing too.
Also had to catch exactly 10 cherry barbs, i did it much to the surprise of the other workers as i found bagging quite easy. Apparently most new people didn't know much and had "saggy bags" lol they were also impressed that i didnt mind scooping dead fish out of the tanks at all (they are very strict with tank maintinance and keeping deads out of the tanks, if your not seeing to a customer your doing tank maint personally i think thats how it should be)
I worked from 1 till 6 and got a free filter for one of my betta tanks (they knew i needed one) and a fiver, doesn't sound like alot but i wasn't supposed to be getting anything today as it was a trial so i didn't think that was too bad.
All in all i loved it, great fun and i liked helping people with what knowlage i could offer and learning alot myself from other workers about fish i am less knowlageable about e.g. Malawis
They work is dirty, hard and at times annoying but it's a good job i like to be worked hard then eh
Had alot of work to do and had to persuade a woman that a ghost knife was not appropriate for her 60 litre *smacks head* she was adamant thats what she wanted and that she knew about cycling as she had read about it and got her tank specifically for the BGK, i thought to myself if she had researched then she would know that a 60 litre is in no way big enough for a BGK she also wanted to buy the biggest guy in the shop, She was in for well over an hour looking round after i finally persuaded her that it wasnt the best idea, I tryed to persuade her in the way of a few cories maybe a dwarf gourami and some smaller shoaling fish but she was having none of it acting like she knew far far more than she obviousely did,i had to bag some fish for another group of customers, and after i had done that i was told to bag a dwarf cichlid for a customer (cockatoo i think, my cichlid knowlage needs work as we have a huge malawi section amongs new worlds and africans), off i went and bagged one and as i took it to the till i realised who it was for, the woman who had wanted the BGK she was leaving with 2 killifish 2 upside down cats and a dwarf cichlid.
I don't know which option was worse, BGK or her selection, we tryed to offer her caresheet for the fish but she just left them. I bet i see her in a few days and she'll be claiming that we didnt warn her.
Did alot of tank maintinance, good job i don't mind doing it, i cleared out everything from Sevs to platys to baby oscars. Fed every fish in the shop before closing too.
Also had to catch exactly 10 cherry barbs, i did it much to the surprise of the other workers as i found bagging quite easy. Apparently most new people didn't know much and had "saggy bags" lol they were also impressed that i didnt mind scooping dead fish out of the tanks at all (they are very strict with tank maintinance and keeping deads out of the tanks, if your not seeing to a customer your doing tank maint personally i think thats how it should be)
I worked from 1 till 6 and got a free filter for one of my betta tanks (they knew i needed one) and a fiver, doesn't sound like alot but i wasn't supposed to be getting anything today as it was a trial so i didn't think that was too bad.
All in all i loved it, great fun and i liked helping people with what knowlage i could offer and learning alot myself from other workers about fish i am less knowlageable about e.g. Malawis
They work is dirty, hard and at times annoying but it's a good job i like to be worked hard then eh
Cafe right next to it though, so that came in handy.
