Petco - Where the pets go??? A vent

[critter crazy]

This is why I cannot stand to work where I have to deal with people! I cannot tolerate behavior like this! Those poor kids, having a mother like that will get nowhere in life!!!

[GreyhoundGirl]

This is why I cannot stand to work where I have to deal with people! I cannot tolerate behavior like this! Those poor kids, having a mother like that will get nowhere in life!!!

We are one of mind.

It IS sort of like a petting zoo, people can bring in their little monsters and people can marvel at how stupid they both can be.

You did well, much better than I would have. And you have a good manager.

A customer came up to me and asked "Oh, do you see that woman over there" (pointing to a lady rapidly dragging her little kid from the store).
I'm like: "Yeah, what about her?"
Customer: "She just took a bin of plastic animals off the shelf and let the kid pee in them"
Me: *dumbfounded* What?!
... I go over to look, and sure enough .... pee in the bin of animals. Straight to the back room, and straight to the garbage. We had a bathroom, if she'd been desperate - ask - but to do that? What kind of parenting is that

WHAT ?!?!?!

RIP Poor little critters.

[Blue_Frog]

WHAT ?!?!?!
RIP Poor little critters.

OH SNAP! Sorry - that was badly explained! it was a Plastic Bin of Plastic animals (like 3-inch long tigers or something!) Oops!

[GreyhoundGirl]

OH SNAP! Sorry - that was badly explained! it was a Plastic Bin of Plastic animals (like 3-inch long tigers or something!) Oops!

PHEW ! I was thinking hampsters and ginea pigs. STOP SCARING ME!!!

[moosmom]

Blue_Frog,

Wow! That 5 year old COULD have been abducted by some pedophile. Then you know what would've happened?? The parents would've sued the store. Some people, like all animals, need to be spayed or neutered. The stupidity of parents these days amazes me.

I've heard nightmare stories about people who just dump their kids off at toy stores to play while they shop. They are the ones that need to be in jail.

I hope I never see that family again.

On a lighter note...

I was putting new arrival mice in their tanks. First time since I've been there that I did that. I was kissing them and talking to them as I put them in. My manager was laughing so hard, she came over to me and said, "Donna, if you insist on doing that with every mouse that just arrived, you'll be here till next week!!" She walked away laughing and shaking her head. I told the guy who delivered them that I felt bad that they would become some snake's dinner. He told me, "Yeah, well in all my years in this business, I've never heard of a vegetarian snake."

Did I say how much I love this job???

[Blue_Frog]

Blue_Frog,
On a lighter note...

I was putting new arrival mice in their tanks. First time since I've been there that I did that. I was kissing them and talking to them as I put them in. My manager was laughing so hard, she came over to me and said, "Donna, if you insist on doing that with every mouse that just arrived, you'll be here till next week!!" She walked away laughing and shaking her head. I told the guy who delivered them that I felt bad that they would become some snake's dinner. He told me, "Yeah, well in all my years in this business, I've never heard of a vegetarian snake."

Did I say how much I love this job???

*lol* thats cute It sounds like you've got yourself a great job (except for the occasional crazy customer ), and your manager sounds like a good guy to work for too! I'd love to spend my work day with animals too ... maybe i can smuggle the ferrets in under my desk!

[elizabethann]

Wonderful experience.

Sounds like she came to America just so she can sue someone and get rich. God help us all.

You played it cool....I would have kicked them out of the store. But then she would have sued me for discrimination I guess.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

What a nightmare. I can't believe that some people actually feel that by giving their child no boundaries they are doing them a favor.

If that happens again (which hopefully won't happen) I would ask the parent to move the child if the child refuses. It they refuse, you could say something like, "Ma'am if you don't move your son I will have to." Just to cover all of your bases.

I'm glad your manager was understanding. I actually feel sorry for the boy if his mother lets him behave that way. He will have a hard life.

[CathyBogart]

Working at Petco was a horrible experience for me. I cannot sit by and just let someone's little bratleigh stress animals out just because the parents are too dumb to stop them. I won't. That's one reason I'll never work in pet stores again.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

W W! Sonme parents just need to get a damn cllue! I swear!

[trayi52]

Donna, that is just awful! I don't see anything you did as wrong. You did the right thing. Some people really do need parenting classes. They just don't know how to be parents! Don't they know the dangers at all?

Willie

[junescrater716]

Ugh. I hate tiny itsy bisty jerky kids!!! I never did that ever!!! My mom was always telling me to not touch anything and constantly holding on to me!!! If I were you I would've started moving the stool so the kid would fall. grrrrrrr. WHAT THE HECK IS WITH PARENTS????? One time this little kid came up to me and just started screaming at me!!! Me and my mom walked by the mother and my mom told her to control her freaking kid! The other mother just looked at her like we were in the wrong. Thats why I could NEVER EVER work in a daycare. lol

[Dorothy39]

Blue_Frog,

Wow! That 5 year old COULD have been abducted by some pedophile. Then you know what would've happened?? The parents would've sued the store. Some people, like all animals, need to be spayed or neutered. The stupidity of parents these days amazes me.

I've heard nightmare stories about people who just dump their kids off at toy stores to play while they shop. They are the ones that need to be in jail.

I hope I never see that family again.

On a lighter note...

I was putting new arrival mice in their tanks. First time since I've been there that I did that. I was kissing them and talking to them as I put them in. My manager was laughing so hard, she came over to me and said, "Donna, if you insist on doing that with every mouse that just arrived, you'll be here till next week!!" She walked away laughing and shaking her head. I told the guy who delivered them that I felt bad that they would become some snake's dinner. He told me, "Yeah, well in all my years in this business, I've never heard of a vegetarian snake."

Did I say how much I love this job???

Yep, That Nightmare story is True , Donna.

While Shopping at my Favorite Pet Store, (Soldans), a little boy was just outside the store, looking at the Petting Zoo Display , (this was in the Spring)

Since I adore Children, I engaged in conversation, telling the Little Scamp where Llamas come from and encouraged him to listen )

When I went into the store to shop, a worker there, asked me if I knew the child, telling me that he has been there for over 2 hours!!!

Yeah, he was dropped off there, apparently , and I stayed there for over a half hour, feeling concerned.

We live in a whole different world of Parenting!!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

GreyhoundGirl: Are you serious about your brother? This is inexcusable behavior in my book. Either do something about this abuse taking place in your home or definitely rehome this poor dog

I still can't believe you haven't already done something about it and I can't believe you posted that information on this board. Surely, you knew what was coming

[catnapper]

Donna, that is appalling!!!

I swear, some people do things like that just so they CAN sue. No matter the outcome -- either her kid falls and she sues or someone puts their hands on her child and she sues.

We have those doggy steps in our store as a center display. Or should I say we HAD them as a center display? People would let their kids climb up and down the doggy steps and leave them to do their shopping as if the doggy steps were a jungle gym! The floor is very slippery in the store and those steps would go sliding around while the kids were on it. The parents didn't care. Now the steps are on a shelf with another shelf just above it so that nobody can climb on them.