BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
As the title says, I went into PetWorld last night and was astounded to see that they had gotten the bright idea to assemble betta vases so that all people had to do was grab them off the shelf, toss them into a fabulous little gift box and give them to mom for mother's day.
The problem with them was that they had put the little plastic piece that holds the roots in place into the cups and left probably... hmm... 1/4" of breathing room for them up on top - so in other words, very little.. The roots of the plants were so completely huge that they took up about 1/2 of the room in the vase - the vases were very small to begin with. I talked to a kid working there who sort of gave me a blank stare back so I just said I'd call and I left.
I called and spoke to a manager on the way home... blah blah blah
His speal back to me was that they're not the first store to do it at, and if every store is selling this kind of thing it must be the "right thing to do". I tried explaining to him in a very civil manner that people will take these things home and fill up the vases too far and then they'll plunk the plastic piece down and the fish won't be able to breathe, and I told him that the containers were pretty small, among other things that made the whole idea of the thing just wrong.
His response was "I'm not responsible for what people do with animals once they leave the store." Then he asked me why I didn't have the balls to talk to him in person in the store. I told him I didn't want to make a scene in the store and thought it best to leave the store, calm down and then call and talk about it rationally. Then he said "Good, because if you had made a scene, we'd have VERY POLITELY escorted you out."
This is the same store who, when I called with a question about a betta tank, had one of their employees tell me that bettas prefer to live in the little teeny cups.
My whole reason for posting is to just ask that, if you can, contact this store in some way to let them know this is not right.
Here's their mailing address:
PetWorld Warehouse Outlet
2148 W Beltline Hwy
Madison, WI 53713
And their phone number:
(608) 278-7999
Here's their website:
http
/www.pet-world.us/ although they have NO info on it for contacting them.
The problem with them was that they had put the little plastic piece that holds the roots in place into the cups and left probably... hmm... 1/4" of breathing room for them up on top - so in other words, very little.. The roots of the plants were so completely huge that they took up about 1/2 of the room in the vase - the vases were very small to begin with. I talked to a kid working there who sort of gave me a blank stare back so I just said I'd call and I left.
I called and spoke to a manager on the way home... blah blah blah
His speal back to me was that they're not the first store to do it at, and if every store is selling this kind of thing it must be the "right thing to do". I tried explaining to him in a very civil manner that people will take these things home and fill up the vases too far and then they'll plunk the plastic piece down and the fish won't be able to breathe, and I told him that the containers were pretty small, among other things that made the whole idea of the thing just wrong.
His response was "I'm not responsible for what people do with animals once they leave the store." Then he asked me why I didn't have the balls to talk to him in person in the store. I told him I didn't want to make a scene in the store and thought it best to leave the store, calm down and then call and talk about it rationally. Then he said "Good, because if you had made a scene, we'd have VERY POLITELY escorted you out."
This is the same store who, when I called with a question about a betta tank, had one of their employees tell me that bettas prefer to live in the little teeny cups.
My whole reason for posting is to just ask that, if you can, contact this store in some way to let them know this is not right.
Here's their mailing address:
PetWorld Warehouse Outlet
2148 W Beltline Hwy
Madison, WI 53713
And their phone number:
(608) 278-7999
Here's their website:
http
/www.pet-world.us/ although they have NO info on it for contacting them.
