Things that aggravate you in this hobby
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WoodRiverTroutBum
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LFS employees with no knowledge and/or false information.
afrankiewicz12
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LFS employees that try to cheat you out of money or who tell you completely wrong information and still stand behind when you call them out on it
afrankiewicz12
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lol you saw the title, clicked on it, read the whole thing, then posted a reply...
WoodRiverTroutBum
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People that waste their own time reading a thread that they don't want to read then posting a complaint about it so I have to waste my time reading their post while skimming through the thread.
Just busting your chops!
Just busting your chops!
WoodRiverTroutBum
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I REALLY don't like when I go in to some of the smaller LFS and feel like I am being watched like a hawk and then feel like I am being given the stank eye if I walk out without making a purchase. Any one else ever get that feeling?
lol! i'm also in RI and i'm going to go ahead and guess we're talking about the same place lol. Yes its freaking obnoxious, like way to make a potential customer feel uncomfortable.
Also i can confirm that as a lady i get talked down to ALOT at many lfs. Guess you can't be a woman and know anything about hobby -.- womp womp.
WoodRiverTroutBum
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The only reason I even go to any of the places in RI is to get RO water. Mass is where its at as far as the decent shops go.
stingythingy45
Well-Known Member
When a coral dies/melts in my tank for no apparent reason.SPS,LPS or a zoa.
It's good to learn from mistakes.But,if I can't find a reason,I can't learn and correct it,or do things different.
That aggravates me.
It's good to learn from mistakes.But,if I can't find a reason,I can't learn and correct it,or do things different.
That aggravates me.
smithcreek
Futurely (*&^#%(@*%
Not sure it has anything to do with how long you have had a tank. Some people let stuff like LFS employess and the Nemo thing get to them, others don't. You either say "yeah, that's a Dory", glad that the person recognized the fish, or let it burn you up that some "stupid" person doesn't know the correct name. If you are one of the latter I'm guessing fish tanks are not the only thing get you all worked up.
HuuTa
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nothing really gets to me except what he said.i recently had a big colony of eagles eyes melt away and still can't figure out why
panayiote73
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Finding out what you just bought is already obsolete.
Pat02026
Non-member
^ this; and I've even made it as simple as it can get without the use of a litremeter
And my own impatience lol
Things that aggravate me?
Trying to acclimate a fish while it's determined to get out of the bag and wont stop ramming into the side of the bag, biting it and trying to jump out and your shrimp is trying to crawl all over the bag to inspect the new addition.
What really bothers me the most doesn't even have to do with the LFS or the reef hobby specifically, but it's related. I get really ticked when I go into home depot and get treated from the get-go like I must not have a brain because I'm a woman. Yes, HD employee, I may be wearing heels, but I work in the industrial supply industry and have grown up around tools my entire life. I know what a 90 degree elbow is. I know that I need PVC cement to assemble plumbing (yes I was really asked flat out if I knew that I had to glue PVC). I probably know more than a good number of the HD employees I've dealt with, so it ticks me off when they assume right away I must be clueless and treat me accordingly.
Trying to acclimate a fish while it's determined to get out of the bag and wont stop ramming into the side of the bag, biting it and trying to jump out and your shrimp is trying to crawl all over the bag to inspect the new addition.
What really bothers me the most doesn't even have to do with the LFS or the reef hobby specifically, but it's related. I get really ticked when I go into home depot and get treated from the get-go like I must not have a brain because I'm a woman. Yes, HD employee, I may be wearing heels, but I work in the industrial supply industry and have grown up around tools my entire life. I know what a 90 degree elbow is. I know that I need PVC cement to assemble plumbing (yes I was really asked flat out if I knew that I had to glue PVC). I probably know more than a good number of the HD employees I've dealt with, so it ticks me off when they assume right away I must be clueless and treat me accordingly.
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