WHAT A DAY I HAD

[ccg]

You are absolutely right, I may have done the exact same thing as well

I know it would be very hard not to, if not impossible. I did not mean to come off the way I did, I am happy you did help these fish and pretty much get off with no major problems.

I still think your crazy though

Just be more careful next time, haha.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I don't see whats wrong with it. Its not exactly stealing, you are not taking it from the store for your own uses. Come on, I'm sure we've all had the feeling in a really cruddy pet shop to just grab a gravel vac, food etc. to help the fish. I know when I got my betta earlier, it was in a tank of platties and flaring like hell. I just wanted to put them all in a 1g tank (not together....). And there were dead fish in most tanks, I just wanted to say 'Can I work here for free for a few hours?' so I could sort the tanks out.

 

[ccg]

Actually if I was in your shoes I would have likely gotton into more trouble. I have a problem of not shutting my mouth when I should, and rarely take crap from anyone, so I'm sure if I tried to feed and medicate some fish I would be in a lot more trouble then you

EDIT: for spelling

 

[50000_tears]

iv done this at walmart i found some betta peletes opened it and fed them all and then put it near the sink then id go through take all the dead and sick ones and put them by the sink then i would go and make sure noone was on anyone elses airholes and spread them out ..this is the most i can do i do this at petsmart too..petco does it infront of me i rarely find dead or sickies

 

[Crab Paste]

I received a call this morning from the store and they want to talk to me. I am meeting them at 2:00. I WILL control my composure and hopefully if they let me explain my side of the story, we can come to a reasonable solution to what happened.

I think if they were going to prosecute you they'd get a lot of bad publicity and rightly so. It's a shame that people have to do this, feed and care for a stores own fish but who will? The staff?. When will they realise, healthy fish = more money for them. Even if thats all they care about, it's better than seeing sick fish. Do you buy a fish from a tank with with sick and dead fish in there? The same applies for bettas, if most are sick or dead would it compell you to buy one without feeling that the only reason you bought it was to rescue it? When will these stores learn.

A local independant fish store I USED to visit always had at least one dead fish in every single tank. The last time I visited, three members of staff were all sat about chatting. When I looked at the tanks, there was dead fish carcasses in there that had been there from the day before when I visited so how long had they been there in total? Then I noticed for the first time, they had dyed fish!! Needless to say i'll never buy from them again, I was too mad to even tell them what I thought at the time, not that they'd have cared.

Is there a name and shame thread on this forum? I think it would be a good idea, if legally precarious.

 

[theresamarie3366]

Well I went to the store this afternoon and the manager of the whole store was there. Apparently the man who identified himself yesterday was the Assistant Manager. The Manager, who was very nice and listened to what I had to say, apologized for the way I ws treated and apparently the Bettas were to be looked at everyday and any sick or dead ones were supposed to be removed from the shelf. The sick ones were to be treated in the bck room. He actually took me there and there were Bettas being treated there. He assured me that the responsible parties were going to held responsible for not doing their jobs properly. He is going to implement a system where each employee will at least once a day check on every fish not just the ones in the front few rows. How is going to do this I have no idea. But he did welcome me back to the store anytime to check on the Bettas and any other fish I wanted too. He just asked me one thing. If any fish needs to be treated , fed , or water changed, that get an employee of the store and inform them. Then if I wanted too, I could do the medication, feeding, water changes myself if I wanted too. But just inform an employee first. Even though they are not my responsibility, I will defininately go back there at different times and not too often to check on them. I just hope I made a difference for some little guy and that they can be cared for properly , even if they are not in the most favorable conditions. They need a chance to live as we all do.
Hope all are well,
Theresa

 

[Kiarra]

Wow. That does sound like a big turnaround from being nearly arrested and banned from the store, and a good outcome to a bad situation.

 

[newfishies]

well that's good to hear, and hopefully with a little help from your visits, they will take better care of the bettas, and you will have saved many lives!!!!!

 

[OrkyBetta]

Good luck going to talk to these people. You were lucky, but might I suggest next time, (I will be really mad if there is a next time at that store ) you talk to the management first and insist they medicate the fish and feed them. You might avoid a lot of conflict that way. If they refuse to do so, contact your local SPCA.

EDIT: Didn't see page 2. Glad all went well with your little conference.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Well I went to the store this afternoon and the manager of the whole store was there. Apparently the man who identified himself yesterday was the Assistant Manager. The Manager, who was very nice and listened to what I had to say, apologized for the way I ws treated and apparently the Bettas were to be looked at everyday and any sick or dead ones were supposed to be removed from the shelf. The sick ones were to be treated in the bck room. He actually took me there and there were Bettas being treated there. He assured me that the responsible parties were going to held responsible for not doing their jobs properly. He is going to implement a system where each employee will at least once a day check on every fish not just the ones in the front few rows. How is going to do this I have no idea. But he did welcome me back to the store anytime to check on the Bettas and any other fish I wanted too. He just asked me one thing. If any fish needs to be treated , fed , or water changed, that get an employee of the store and inform them. Then if I wanted too, I could do the medication, feeding, water changes myself if I wanted too. But just inform an employee first. Even though they are not my responsibility, I will defininately go back there at different times and not too often to check on them. I just hope I made a difference for some little guy and that they can be cared for properly , even if they are not in the most favorable conditions. They need a chance to live as we all do.
Hope all are well,
Theresa

That's awesome to hear,Theresa

 

[Haiku]

The manager you talked to today sounds like a very good manager. I think the fact that he invited you to come in anytime and check them means he is truly going to do his best to improve their monitoring and care. The assistant manager guy who called the police and tried to press charges over you feeding and medicating them should be fired in my opinion, at the very least demoted. What a horrible way to react and escalate a situation that could have been resolved if he had just talked to you the way the manager today did.

Good luck to you, and thanks for looking out for the little guys

 

[Chino]

Thats why you can never trust Petco... Try Petsmart (I work at one heheh) they actually train you there too *GASP!

 

[OrkyBetta]

Both the Petco and Petsmart around my house are decent. Could be better, but no complaints. Chino, it's so cool you work at a petsmart, I could never do it! I'd bring home every betta in the store. No self control.

 

[LoachLover]

Wow, can't believe they called the cops

It's sad how msot places treat Bettas

 

[Joby]

Excellent result!

Glad you managed to sort them out and make them realise that they need to keep on top of the maintenance at all times

Good for you