Today, it was my first day closing alone at a pet store when a lady came in wanting to return a bird she bought months ago. Once I informed her there were no returns on livestock, she let the bird free and ran out the door, leaving me to catch it and explain to my manager where it came from. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a client walked into my store with a duck in her hands. I had to explain to her that she couldn't bring the bird shopping with her. We got a 1-star review. FML
Today I bought a new cage, along with some toys, for my bird. I came home to find my bird had escaped its old cage. FML
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, I got yelled at by my boss for being insensitive to a customer. I'd told her I never heard of the requested item even existing. She walked off shouting, screaming and throwing stuff from the shelf. She wanted to order a bird feeder with heated perches so the bird's feet won't get cold. FML
Today, after three weeks of holding out, my stingy boss finally called animal control about the birds in the air vent above the register. While I was working, they rummaged through the vents, causing live maggots to fall down right in front of me. FML
Today, at my job at a pet store, my boss told me to go outside and hand out flyers. I saw a man sitting on a bench and walked up, saying, "Hi! Do you have a pet?" He teared up and said, "I just put her down this morning." FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I spent twenty minutes trying to shoo a bird out of my apartment. After finally getting it outside, I closed the window, turned around, and realized I'd locked myself out instead. The bird flew away. I didn't. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, after months of trying to persuade her to give it to a wildlife rescue, I reported my stepmother to the authorities for illegally keeping an endangered bird in the kitchen. When they took it, she screamed that I had no right to do that, as she considered it hers since she found it. FML
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Bano360 25
Oh retail, how I hate thee.
MBSC 11
At least she didn't try to return a dead bird?
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Comments (81)
Obey_StudBoii 23
"Polly want a cracker?" lol
jw90 18
Keep him and name him Polly.
dbaguy 9
Cool. Since she didn't wait for a refund you can just sell it again.
RedPillSucks 33
Exactly what I was thinking. The manager should be proud. You get to sell the same bird twice.
Spider_Web 11
They could train the bird to be a real pain in the ass and start making some more money off of it
alycion 39
Something tells me that's not the last time something like that will happen to you at that job. The one pet store I use to deal with for my reptile needs before I moved always had stuff like that going on. They got to the point where they would take in unwanted exotics and work with the local rescues for the ones that couldn't be sold as pets again. That was after finding one dead outside the store the next morning after turning someone away.
eternal_malaise 10
...and then it flew out the door, never to be seen again.
Dswank620 18
I'm her sure her boss will understand, they do live in Canada..
punz 7
I think the manager pretends not to know anything about it but he has the bird trained to be rude and obnoxious so it keeps coming back and he keeps selling it.
martin8337 36
Haven't you heard? The bird is the word.
LowExpectations 30
"Brian no!"
whaaa_minionface 2
And she still did not get her money back LOL. dumbass. looks like you're winning.
MortenM 17
Don't sell shitty parrots then. Noone would return a proper parrot
LowExpectations 30
The kid just made profit seeing she didn't get her money back. I think things will be alright.