Fancy?

Had a customer today who wanted to know what type of bird one of our parakeets was.

As for whatever reason they were set on getting a 'Fancy Parakeet.'
Even though literally all the parakeets we carry are like...the same bird?
The only reason why a 'Fancy' is considered a Fancy is becuase the coloration of the bird is outside the normal standards for the blue or green parakeets we get in. 

But this customer was like. "Tell me is this bird a fancy?" 
And they pointed into the cage that held our regular blue and green parakeets.
As the fancy parakeets are kept separate in the cage above the regulars.

So that was a rather easy question to answer. No. It's not a fancy. It's just a regular blue.

-But they were thinking it was fancy because the coloration was more turquoise compared to the other blues that were in shades of navy currently.
But like in the blue parakeets you can get any shade of blue really. Sky blue, grey blue, turquoise blue, blue blue, navy blue, a blue so dark it's nearly purple. Like....it just depends on the birds they send us as to which colors we get in....

But it took a moment to explain why their bird wasn't a fancy.
And like another moment to explain that fancy parakeets and normal parakeets are the same bird just different colors.
And yah....

The customer was set on having a 'fancy' parakeet for whatever reason.
But the little girl who was getting the bird was quite happy to get the original one she picked out.

So I ended up catching the turquoise bird she liked....
It was an evil thing. Biting my thumb hard enough to draw blood.

So i'm rather glad it's out of the store.
Hopefully the girl has success in taming it down. 

-Sarnic Dirchi