Quote Originally Posted by Tikall View Post
Even as a joke, you were still faulting her for the situation. If it was a return from earlier that day, it is possible she was not even over at the reptiles yet to notice meaning it is in no way her fault. It could be someone else's mistake for being distracted (with enough customers, being distracted can be easy for young kids being paid minimum wage), but it is still a mistake. I doubt they flat out don't care about the snake; it was just temporarily forgotten by the employee who received it in indeed it was a return. There are a million scenarios that could have happened, but what is known is that it was a mistake and it was promptly corrected. Therefore I think you're being too harsh.
I wasn't putting her solely at fault for the situation. Honestly I was putting the entire company at fault. It doesnt matter what the reason was that the snake didnt have water, the FACT IS the snake didnt have water.

If the company dosn't pay enough, then why is she working there? If she has no options of other places to work then she should sitll do her job correctly (or whatever employee it was that took the water away from the snake).

And lets say the day it was forgotten was a very busy day, THERES LIKE 8 PEOPLE WORKING. No one noticed a corn snake in a 10 gallon tank slithering aorund without a water dish? How stupid is that?

I don't care what the reason was for the snake not having water, the bottom line is they are a petshop and they are supposed to be professional and know how to care for animals more than your average joe, and one of their animals for sale didnt even have water.

And thats not the only reason why I say dont go to these big stores like petco and petsmart. Want to know what their ball python setup is like?

Their ball python tank is about a 20 gallon L tank, with 10 ball pythons crammed into it. There are NO HIDES, and 1 small water dish.... REAL SMART people they have working there. REAL HAPPY animals are being sold also. I am sure some kid is going to buy a ball python and go home and throw it in a 10 gallon with a tiny water dish and no hide and think thats all it needs because of this pathetic place.

I once went in there and they had a redtail boa in a tank and the thermometer was reading 71 degrees.....

Its just a whole list of reasons why I absolutely hate that place. This last event with the corn snake not having water was the straw that broke the camels back. I am never going there again and I have already contacted the people that I needed to bring all of this garbage to their attention.

I always loved supporting small business more than big places like this anyways. Its too bad the only good breeder around me has a shop 30 minutes away. I guess I will be forced to drive that far just to get people that know more than DINK.