The Long Conversation

The turtle guy came into the store again today.
The one who will tell you his whole life story with all the different pets he's owned over the years, and will repeat the same information over and over and over again....

Yah. Him.
He's back.

I refer to him as the turtle guy because he had a granddaughter buy a tortoise as a pet, only she ended up not taking care of it, so he took it on.
-Because apparently you take your pets to him if you don't want them anymore.
And he became super obsessive over providing the right care for the tortoise. Asking the same questions repeatedly multiple times in a row. *shakes head*

Once he gets talking....it's really really really really difficult to get him to stop.

And today....was one of those days where he just wanted to talk.

Though it wasn't about tortoises. -as his granddaughter eventually sold the tortoise.

No, he's considering setting up one of his fish tanks again and starting up a fish hobby once more. (which he hasn't done for four years apparently.)
And he'd come into the store originally to check and see if all his food and chemicals for the fish were still good. (aka not super old and out of date)
Also he was looking to see if he could find a part he was missing from his canister filter.

I quickly established that yes some of his chemicals were still good, some weren't, and that he'd have to go looking elsewhere for his missing part.

But....the conversation repeated itself at least a dozen times it felt like.
Before somehow devolving into a conversation about the different types of birds he's owned, and the fish store he used to work at, and their birds that they had......

I only managed to break away because I got called to help a customer elsewhere.
But whew....He sure can talk.
Which is fine when I'm not busy -which at that time I wasn't.
But when I am busy....
It's difficult to break away.

*shakes head*
I wonder how soon I'll see him again.

-Sarnic Dirchi