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    Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker
    Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker
    Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker
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    Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker

    By P. J. Pottes

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    What kind of person owns pets, and shops at petstores? Are pet people "different"? Enter a pet store one busy Saturday, and find the hilarious results! And the best part is, you can't make this up. The stories are true, but the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherP. J. Pottes
    Release dateMar 27, 2015
    ISBN9781311784117
    Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker
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    P. J. Pottes

    A voracious reader of action, historical, and mystery books, I shop used book sales at libraries for my latest passions!

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      Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker - P. J. Pottes

      Confessions of a Pet Shop Worker

      By P.J. Pottes

      Published by P.J. Pottes at Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 P.J. Pottes

      I used to work in a store called Boomer’s Pets, named after the owner’s dog, 20 years ago. Joe and Helene started off with one small shop carrying a touch of this, a touch of that. Now they own three stores, carrying everything for cats and dogs, fish and aquariums, reptiles, small, furry creatures, and birds.

      The staff at our store was small, ten in total. The job didn’t pay much, just a bit over minimum wage. Most of us worked there because we love animals. As I tend to work with the same four or five people, we’re a bit like a small family.

      Jerry worked in fish and reptiles. Reptiles are his passion. He has a six foot ball python named Tiny, and Spyke, the bearded dragon. Spyke once rode into the store clinging onto the front of Jerry’s shirt. I thought it was a design on his tee, until Spyke turned his

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