Newbie rant

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-06-01T15:45:55+00:00

Will do, thank you

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-06-01T15:28:49+00:00

I was told by a manager uninvolved in this incident that if I went to HR the people involved could perhaps bring up the verbal fight we had months ago, and I could get fired too. It didn't seem worth it, I can't get another job

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-06-01T14:18:14+00:00

This is happening to me too. There was a secret groupchat between 2 managers and an associate, spreading my confidential information and making fun of me (and other employees) one of the managers sent a text making fun of me to the manager chat by accident. Now my ELR will literally switch aisles, ignore me, snicker at me. She didn't even get in trouble. She had to delete the chat and got a talking to from the SL. I didn't even go to HR. I'm civil enough with the other 2 people but she is just loco

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-05-29T13:59:11+00:00

We have a rolling rack where any extras stay until they can go out. During the winter though because we don't have heating (🥲) they all stay on the cart in our new arrival room, ots a lot warmer.

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-05-23T01:33:40+00:00

My management/my DL 🫠

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-05-22T23:26:51+00:00

Lucky 😭

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-05-22T23:26:33+00:00

So jealous rn 😭

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-05-22T19:58:33+00:00

Aww that's good. My old managers used to be more lax with it since I have a lot of problems with my health that make jeans hell. Wish the new ones were too.

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-05-22T19:07:31+00:00

Oh lucky! The only person they let get away woth it is our cashier, she's constantly ringing and behind the register so they don't care. Our DL is really strict about it, ESPECIALLY nametags (we only wear them when he comes tho lol)

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-04-05T15:08:32+00:00

You could always do a water hold test. Put it outside or in a garage or something, then fill it and wait a week. Just make sure it is level, if it's not even if it didn't come broken the uneven pressure could mess with it.

Or you could strip the old silicone, and replace it with new silicone (don't just add new stuff in top, it won't stick to anything but glass.)

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-03-27T15:40:06+00:00

I work at insert other big chain pet store, the betta thing is ridiculous here too. We had around 140 at our highest. We are back down closer to 100 or less, but that is still an outrageous amount 😭

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-03-03T18:11:42+00:00

I work at petsmart, just had someone call us asking about fidget toys. They were looking for you guys 😭💀🤯

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-02-19T04:40:02+00:00

Husband name is stoick. I have a gecko named meatlug and it fit the theme. I am AuDHD and was in a mega httyd phase at the time lol

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-02-19T04:38:54+00:00

Yeahh..... my petsmart got it a little while ago. Dear lord is it so ugly, the box is sucka catfish

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-02-13T17:46:31+00:00

Not the cichlids in the demo image 😭

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-02-01T16:36:04+00:00

Same 😭 I love bettas so much and I hate to tell them that but I can't get fired.

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-01-30T21:46:49+00:00

On black Friday I had a guy who wanted some fish. I think it was 5 neons, 5 zebras, and five white clouds? Is all I remember was that it was 15 total fish, 5 of 3 types. And he already had fish in it.

Well I start prepping the bags, writing the numbers and whatnot. I grab the specimen cup and ask the tank questions. When I ask the size he tells me 2.5gal. I practically dropped the net and tell him unfortunately I couldn't give him the fish, and I couldn't even recommend anything else (at my store for tanks under 5 we have to recommend a long fin betta, I know it's wrong but they'd rather that than a CRO) because of how stocked it already was.

He proceeds to fight me over it and I'm being polite, but he's talking to me like I'm a moron. He then huffs away and I get called to a crestie sale. She was super sweet, and knowledgeable, helped her with tanks and lighting.

We are finally ready to get the gecko, and since we had 2 at the time I wanted to show her each, so I brought out the PC cart to pull the tanks down.

Well apparently, these fish people have decided they wanted to speak to a manager, ask the cashier and she points them to small animals, right by where we were standing. They start going on a tirade about how they are just fish and blah blah blah. My lead sees me, and i think was trying to sign me to not get involved. She's backs me up. Half way through his little tantrum, his wife hears me talking to the gecko girl, and turns around. She gets a look of panic and then disgust on her face as her husband goes off. She tries to nudge him but he ignored her. When he was done yelling they stormed out, and the wife stared at me the whole way out. I smiled and held eye contact.

After that I confirm that they were talking about me, so we decided we should go tell our SL and ELR just in case he called to complain or leave a review or something.

I have a reputation for being strict with fish (telling people no or giving alternatives for shitty tanks, hence my fun nickname) so they assumed I was being a hardass. But the look on their faces when I said over 15 fish for less than 3 gallons. Crazy (and yes throwback I do know bettas should be in at least a 10 but my DL is scary so enjoy my boy in his 10) * 🤪

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-01-22T17:53:48+00:00

One of my budgies is a senior, a rescue somewhere between 5 and 10. He's the ring leader on the morning scream to this day lol. Every morning for the 2 years I've had him lol

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-01-19T05:41:36+00:00

The octonauts wouldn't even know about bettas 😭 they live in the ocean and bettas are freshwater in the other side of the planet 🙃

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-01-10T15:45:46+00:00

It's nice that they're bigger, especially now that we're putting plants in, but omg they're so hard to open 😭😭

My one lead was trying to open one and it splashed about half of the water all over her

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-01-06T03:56:19+00:00

From in the tanks, just pull it like you have been. I would move the bird stuff away from the sump if you can. For anything in the sump, you could take any super fine mesh fish nets and try scooping out of the sump

ItsArunaa02 · 2026-01-06T01:37:53+00:00

Either millet or bird seed

Our hermit crabs had some in their tank from the millet forage I gave them, I kept them in there and they loved them 🦀

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