Stupid things said by customers etc...

[Amazonian]

I work in a Small zoo, and we have a lot of free range parakeets/parrots/finches etc flying around. We deal with a lot of school groups.

Teacher: "Children, beware of the birds, if they land on you, they could peck you in the eye."

Me: "Groaaaaaan"

Another good one was a teacher telling the kids to get washed immediately if a butterfly landed on them, as I quote "Their breeding powder will make you itch"

We also get a lot of "Can a bird eating spider (Goliath) eat a human?"

Whilst looking at Caimans - "Are they real?"

"Can I touch the monkeys?"
I would love to say "Yes if you want peed and pooed on and a nasty bite, sure go ahead...."


Fooools!
I'm off to work now, so will be listening out for noobs silly questions.

[Darklas]

Originally Posted by vetdebbie

I had officially the most amusing consult of the week today. A 3 yo hamster is bought in as the daughter thinks it is ill. Apparently it has been shaking. This is possibly the healthiest 3 yo hamster I have ever seen! This leads into the sentence "We, she [the daughter] thought she [the hamster] might be pregnant as we have a male gerbil in the cage next door. Is this possible?" I was speechless!

I had a great hamster question once. A family brought in their syrian hamster. The dad explained they were worried it could have a tumour as they had found some lumps on it. I offered to take a look.
Turns out it was a male hamster they were seeing the hamsters balls.
I had to subtly explain to the dad what it was so the kids wouldn't hear me.

[Darklas]

Originally Posted by Amazonian

I work in a Small zoo, and we have a lot of free range parakeets/parrots/finches etc flying around. We deal with a lot of school groups.

What zoo? Amazonia?

[bennyvenom]

lol amazing group , a while back in a pretty well known aquarium / pet store/ reptile store in Bolton near Matalan , if your local you'll know the one.

I was looking at their corn snakes and asked out of curiosity to see one and the "reptile expert" girl told me it was "hannibalistic" it was a normal corn , i think she was trying to say amelanystic altho it wasnt , she also told me one pinky mice a fortnight is ample feed for a juve corn .

[Darklas]

Customer: “Oh, I needed help putting in this cat food, and the young man put in the wrong brand!”
Me: “Okay, let’s go over there and get the right one.”
(We walk over, and she looks at about five different bags of cat food, then goes to a bag of litter.)
Customer: “I think it was this one I wanted.”
Me: “Wait, did you want cat food or litter?”
Customer: “What’s the difference?”



Another gem from Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes

[Reptilover]

Friday ZooLab came into our college.

ZooLab: "This is a corn snake, and it is a constrictor"
Lad in r class: "A Boa Constrictor?"

I 'd most the way through.

[Darklas]

Customer: “I want a hamster!”
Me: “Do you have bedding, a cage, and food?”
Customer: “I need all that stuff?”
Me: “Where did you think he would live?”
Customer: *completely serious* “I though I would just feed them cheese and have them live in the hole in my wall like in the cartoons.”

[Corvidae]

Originally Posted by bennyvenom

lol amazing group , a while back in a pretty well known aquarium / pet store/ reptile store in Bolton near Matalan , if your local you'll know the one.

I was looking at their corn snakes and asked out of curiosity to see one and the "reptile expert" girl told me it was "hannibalistic" it was a normal corn , i think she was trying to say amelanystic altho it wasnt , she also told me one pinky mice a fortnight is ample feed for a juve corn .

Like Hannibal Lecter?

[kaimarion]

I love it when customers come in and ask "is it real" while looking at the animals especially after they just seen them moving :P.
A couple of weeks ago in the shop we bought a pair of fake lizards and put them in an Exo-terra near the till and I was really surprised at how many people thought they were real and **** themselves when we took them out .

I also really hate people that ask "Is that a snake mate?" while looking at one of the lizards...

[joeyboy]

Originally Posted by kaimarion

I love it when customers come in and ask "is it real" while looking at the animals especially after they just seen them moving :P.
A couple of weeks ago in the shop we bought a pair of fake lizards and put them in an Exo-terra near the till and I was really surprised at how many people thought they were real and **** themselves when we took them out .

I also really hate people that ask "Is that a snake mate?" while looking at one of the lizards...

haha heard the bottom one before, "yes...this is a quad leg snake!"

oh and "Embrace the delights of decay and disease."