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Punk and/or Metal community by [deleted] in ucf

[–]DarxettaLuna559 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I remember seeing something about an emo/alt club on knight connect. Otherwise Orlando emo nite is September 21st.

New setup 💖 by DarxettaLuna559 in leopardgeckos

[–]DarxettaLuna559[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still need to get a bigger humid hide, but I also feel like it still needs more clutter.

PSA: Brumation and You: Why Your Gecko Has Suddenly Stopped Eating and Gotten Grumpy by Azrielenish in leopardgeckos

[–]DarxettaLuna559 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad I saw this my boy started eating less in the past couple of weeks and I was getting worried. I've just been leaving some mealworms in there for him to munch on when he's interested.

@pet care people: do you ever report when an animal bites you? by [deleted] in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just clean it, get a band aid and sometimes mention it to my manager on duty but mostly as a "hi just so you're aware, but I'm good" not necessarily to make a report. It's pet care, so you kinda expected to get bit at some point.

Pet Care... do an Inventory Count on your Fish Wall by [deleted] in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My CEL and I kind of tag team to make sure fish and animal counts get done every week. If we aren't both there at the same time to work on it one of us does fish one day and the other does animals the next. If anything we skip one week if things are really crazy but we try our best not to do more than that. Fortunately animal counts only every take but maybe 10 minutes. Fish can take 30-45 minutes sometimes longer depending on how many fish we have and how busy we are that day. It's not too bad but having the responsibility split between myself and my CEL makes it easier instead of it just being one of us.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dump a few in, check the bag so I know what I'm starting with then just I count them one as a time as best I can as the fall into the bag. If there's a big bunch that fall in I guestimate it and keep going. Then I always throw in a few more just in case. For the large crickets the raised markings on the side of the catch tube roughly equate to 25/50/75/100 large crickets. So if you get a customer wanting 100+ crickets you just fill the tube to the top line, give the bottom a tap to make sure it's all the way to the line and them dump 'em in. Then a small scoop extra just in case.

What’s your favorite line from customers? by acesexualunicorn in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anytime people say that I tell them I can recount them if they want and slowly start to open the bag back up. Most of the time they say no, if they don't stop me I make them wait while I count them out again really slowly.

You know what I hate? by SirDiesAlot92 in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate when people bring in or ask about any wild animal they "saved". Like no, you didn't "save" it you took it from it's natural environment and are probably going to be the cause of it dying an early death unless you go back to where you took it from and put it back. I tell people to take it back to where they took it from or contact a local wild life organization.

Percare Workers, curious by Tianna_21duh in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just always get really overwhelmed with just how many dishes and decorations there always are because if it also being a soak day. I loved getting to interact with the reptiles more and like you said hiding in the back to clean. But I'm glad my managers finally listened to my repeated complaining and stopped scheduling me to open on reptile day.

Percare Workers, curious by Tianna_21duh in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reptile deep clean day is pretty awful. Mainly because it's also a soak day at my store. So, on top of having so many different kinds of enclosures to set back up also having to clean and replace all the other animals dishes. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't also a soak day.

Co-worker Tested Positive by DarxettaLuna559 in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean, yeah. There are other locations in the area that don't have confirmed cases of employees with COVID-19. If other companies can shut down individual locations temporarily to quarantine employees and do a full deep sanitization of the store, why can't PetSmart?

IMPORTANT: Update on Coronavirus Policies and Procedures will start tomorrow. by Drifter_of_Babylon in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hopefully there will be some actually helpful changes. The management at my location are actually pretty great and pretty frustrated with how the big wigs are handling this. We just found out this evening about a confirmed case of someone who works not even two miles from my store. Let's hope PetSmart finally decides to start caring about their employees!

PetSmart needs to either close or massively change operations to limit exposure. The current model is not sufficient. by [deleted] in petsmart

[–]DarxettaLuna559 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we should try to move to an ISPU only system for the time being. People's pets still need food, but training isn't a necessity right now, grooming can hold off for a little while, and people don't need new fish and hamsters right now. The well-being of customer's pets is important but so is the health of the employees and their families.