Noise Makers

I was called over to birds today.
Because there was a couple there that was interested in buying one.

However.
The bird they were interested in getting was a conure.

Which I had to tell them that we don't have any currently.
And that we won't be getting anymore in until next year in the spring.

Why? Because the conures are a bit more sensitive to the cold and so they aren't shipped during the colder months to keep them safe.

Though I also kinda think that the breeders only hatch so many conures at a time and once they sell through them all stop sending them to us until the next breeding season comes along.
As basically all the conure's hatch dates show early spring dates. 

In any case the customers were disappointed and they were like "Well what about this one?"
And pointed to our Winged Bee Bee cage.

Which again same situation.
Because it's a type of small parrot as well.
And they only send us those in the spring too. 

So yah had to tell the customer no twice.

The poor customers were so sad at this news.
They were like "Can we put one on hold? Reserve it? Buy it now and come get it when it comes in?" 

Ha.
No.
No I cannot.
Because I can't guarantee when the bird will come in.
And I can't guarantee that people will remember by the time the bird does come in...as that's at least six months from now...that the people had purchased it.
And who knows if they'd actually want the bird at that point.
And we only do refunds up to 60 days. So 2 months. Not Six months.

So yah no.
No holds. 
No reservations.
No buying. 

They were definitely not happy about that.

But there was nothing I could do.
So I left them up to their own devices....

Only to be called back to their sides like five minutes later.

As they'd decided to get two parakeets instead. 

and they were like "Are these birds noisy?"

Yes. Yes they can be but i was like "It depends" 

Only for them to be like "Do you have any noisier birds?" 

O_o???

With me being rather sensitive to consistent repetitive noise. I honestly don't understand why a customer would want a noisy bird.

But I guess some people like the constant chatter and noise they bring.
It's probably a good background noise or something.

So i was like "The parakeets are the noisier ones." 

The birds quickly proved it. At least one of them, screeching her head off when I caught her and clipped her wings.

So hopefully the birds are noisy enough for them. 

-Sarnic Dirchi