Something Fishy This Way Comes

I took a female friend to a local store last week because she needed some food and medicine, and while we were there, we stopped by the pet department where she promptly noticed that at least two of the fish tanks in that department contained at least one dead fish. As if that wasn't bad enough, the fish that were still alive were obviously starving. Fortunately, there was some fish food nearby which we could use to feed them but the sight of those poor fish so hurriedly gobbling up the fish flakes as if they had not been fed for days was enough to break one's heart. Worse yet, the chart for the tanks seemed to indicate that the last time the tanks had been cleaned was in February of this year.

I don't know what was going on with that store's management but one would think that common sense alone would indicate that it not be a good idea to sell fish if you don't have enough store employees to maintain them. Moreover, one would think that sheer fear of bad publicity would reinforce that opinion since it seemed obvious that the store management wasn't being motivated by sheer common decency. In any event, it was lucky for the fish that my friend and I had come by that day, but such fish shouldn't have to depend on sympathetic customers in order to get fed. And I'm both shocked and surprised that no one working at that store could see that.

Ay caramba!