Thought it might be fun to share fun stories from the lfs from either side of the counter. So share anything you saw, heard or thought in a lfs.
I'll start with one from when I ran a shop. We had problems with a couple of dodgy people who would come into the shop, try to distract me and then switch the price tags on the corals. This didn't work with me as I ordered and priced everything and simply told them the correct prices but I know they had got big discounts from a couple of shops in the area. They were caught trying to steal from a shop that a friend ran and we did a ring around to warn people.
The next weekend they came back and I watched them like a hawk but thought they'd be back when I was busy so had to come up with a plan. In the end I decided that either i'd make a james bond badies tank full of lionfish and mean looking stuff to deter them before I remembered I had the meanest cinnamon clownfish in existence. This particular fish made Jeffery Dahmer look friendly, the kind of evil so and so that would swim 8ft just to bite you as soon as you put your hand in he tank. For the other coral bays I added a couple of big ugly grey damsels that were a similar temperament. In truth you get used to being bitten when you expect it so they didn't bother me but one day I was serving someone else when I heard a massive scream and popping my head round the corner saw a dripping wet sleeve, a swearing man and a blood glistening finger. I never saw those two guys again and mr Cinnamon was happy with his reward.
I'll start with one from when I ran a shop. We had problems with a couple of dodgy people who would come into the shop, try to distract me and then switch the price tags on the corals. This didn't work with me as I ordered and priced everything and simply told them the correct prices but I know they had got big discounts from a couple of shops in the area. They were caught trying to steal from a shop that a friend ran and we did a ring around to warn people.
The next weekend they came back and I watched them like a hawk but thought they'd be back when I was busy so had to come up with a plan. In the end I decided that either i'd make a james bond badies tank full of lionfish and mean looking stuff to deter them before I remembered I had the meanest cinnamon clownfish in existence. This particular fish made Jeffery Dahmer look friendly, the kind of evil so and so that would swim 8ft just to bite you as soon as you put your hand in he tank. For the other coral bays I added a couple of big ugly grey damsels that were a similar temperament. In truth you get used to being bitten when you expect it so they didn't bother me but one day I was serving someone else when I heard a massive scream and popping my head round the corner saw a dripping wet sleeve, a swearing man and a blood glistening finger. I never saw those two guys again and mr Cinnamon was happy with his reward.
