Furious Fish Rant

You know I try to support local biznazz. My folks owned one for 20 years, for snatch's sake! So instead of going to a more convenient chain to get a pet fish, I chose a neighborhood pet shop in Waldo. I did this fully expecting that I would trade saving a few bucks for the superb customer service one can expect from a mom and pop shop.


Unfortunately, this pet store missed the bus on that notion. I bought a boring ass fish bowl and supplies for $21.00 bones. They should have given me a damn hand job for that!! And even though they were out of Bettas at the time, they promised that the shipment would arrive on Monday. I've been to that mother effing store three times, and they are still out.



And you know what? It might have been fine if the staff had been anything but absent. Check it out. Jake and I bust into the shop, and after looking for an employee for like, six years, I finally find a ho to ask if the fish have arrived. And she looks at me and says,"Well, obviously not, or they'd be on the shelf." Well, obviously I don't work here, bitch, because I've brushed my hair sometime in the last two weeks, so how the hell am I supposed to know where the shit goes on the shelf?



I know WalMart is a soul sucking corporate bully, but you know what? They always have the shit you're after for 40% of the cost. At 3:27AM. With ammo you can buy at the same time as shit sheets. Yeah, they don't answer your questions, treat their suppliers well, or play fair with the community, but they're all androids and you know what you're getting when you go in there. Namely, what you came for.



Local businesses should really take note if they want to compete, because at the bare minimum, they need to provide good customer service to give me incentive to come spend extra dough on their product.