Stupid Co-worker

BettaBum873

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Ok, so I go into work today (I work in the pet section of wal*mart fir the summer) and my co-worker, Irene, who thinks she's gods gift to fish, comes storming over to me asking me if i had changed the water in the bettas cups the night before. I said yeah and she proceeds to tell me that I change their water too often (I do it everyother day) and that I only need to change 1/3 or it once a week WTF!?!? and THEN she tells me that I'm filling their containers to much, that they can only be filled 2 inches because they need a lot of air in their cups cause they breath air. I just looked at her... HELLO there's air holes for a reason!!! :crazy: :crazy: Ok so about an hour later she comes to me holding a bottle of Quick cure, she looks at me "Have you been using this?" well I told yes I have, that 2 of the goldfish tanks are infested with ICK and quick cure is for ICK. She says "We're not supposed to treat the sick fish, just sell them then they're the customers problem... once again WTF!?!?! :< :< This woman thinks she knows soooo much about fish. Yesterday she tells me that she decided to breed her bettas so she put the female in the males 2 gallon and left her there then wanted to know why, 3 days later, she woke up to find her female dead... hmmmm I wonder. And do I need to mention the fact that today alone she sold an 8" Koi to a man who wants to put it in a 10 gallon, and sold an african cichlid to a person who wants to put him in with their goldfish. And I can't step in cause she just cuts me off or yells at me convinced that I know nothing and shes gods gift. I talked to my department manager, Justin, about her and he said to just smile and nod then do what you were doing. But she still makes me soooo angry!!! Thanks for letting me rant, lol.
 
Feel free to rant! I have often wondered how the intelligent and well informed members of staff one occasionally meets in lfs are able to cope with their colleagues. It's bad enough listening to drivel when you're a customer, working with it all day would drive me up the wall.
 
i can't imagine working in that environment.
is there like an anti-harassment law in the US?
i think the americans actually invented this law..
 
Personally if it was me and I didn't need the job that desperately I'd tell her exactly how dumb she was and leave. I couldn't dupe customers like that..I'd have to tell them the truth.
 
Yes but who are novice's going to believe. The Manager or the assistant?

Personally if it was me and I didn't need the job that desperately I'd tell her exactly how dumb she was and leave. I couldn't dupe customers like that..I'd have to tell them the truth.


but then every customer would get her 'advice'


Oh and by the way, just for the record I really don't like your sig...it's totally inappropriate for a fish forum. :grr:
 
Good rant, lol. Your very right!

Good point cheffi, why do you have such an inappropriate signiture on a family forum?
 

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