Do You Have?

Gotta love it when people expect us to have more product in the back when they can't find what they want on the shelves.
Which I suppose it's a good assumption to have.
As it's well known that stores have receiving areas where extra product is stored.
So I can understand why people ask if we have any more of an 'item' when they can't find it.

But unfortunately for them. With the pandemic going on.
It's not quite the case.
As there have been breakdowns in the supply chain.
So we aren't getting in certain products in at all. Or the ones we are getting in are in very limited quantity to the point where we can put all of said product out on the floor right away.

And it doesn't really help at all that customers are wanting to buy a lot more than usual.
With the addition of the nearby colleges/universities starting up school again, there's been an influx of students wanting to buy a pet to keep while they're here.

Which since most apartments don't allow pets of the furry variety.
It means a ton of people have come into the store wanting to buy a pet fish.

Which means.
Yep.
We're running super low on our small fish tanks currently.
Like entire shelves are empty.
Which is only something I really see occur occasionally around Christmas.
But with our next truck not expected until Wednesday...

I can only imagine our fish tank shelves getting emptier.
And I'll have more people asking if we have more tanks in the back.

So yah....
Gonna be fun dealing with the next round of having to say 'we're out' with customers.
As I'm already telling that about bird cages as we have none.
And with a nationwide circket shortage happening I have to tell people we're out of crickets.
So now I get to add small fish tanks to the list of 'we don't have more in the back'

*shakes head*
So crazy.

-Sarnic Dirchi