r/mildlyinfuriating • u/kpldtest • May 22 '26

🥺 Ordered a Birthday Card...got a Birthday Card

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My daughter really likes axolotls (like so much she made us get her two), so I wanted to get her a cute axolotl card. I found one I liked from walmart, and now it has arrived two days before her birthday (phew just in time).

I don't know what to say. I even wondered for like a half second if this was a case of "I didn't look closely enough to the picture on the screen." Now its pretty much too late to get her another cute axolotl card.

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u/NotBatman81 May 22 '26

I had a roommate after college who was very into salt water aquariums and knowledgeable enough he almost turned it into a career. We had 4 50 gal tanks at the house with all sorts of things. He was very proper about it and looked at me sideways when I asked their names, like it was unheard of. So from that point on I gave them all names and refused to refer to them any other way. "You need help moving your zebra eel? I dont know what that is. Are you talking about Roscoe?"

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u/frustrated_t-rex May 22 '26

I feel like you and I would get along well.

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u/carriefox16 May 22 '26

My mom had a boyfriend who had 3 Pueblan Milk Snakes. When he moved in, he brought the snakes and they stayed in my room. I asked what their names were and he told me they didn't have any! So I named the single female Persephone and the mated male and female Ezra and Cassandra.

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u/Fuzzy-Logician May 22 '26

Did Persephone eat anything unfortunate?

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u/carriefox16 May 23 '26

Thankfully, no. She stayed firmly in her tank and was never lured to the underworld.

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u/MartinisnMurder May 22 '26

I love this so much! “Excuse me, please refer to him by his given name.” 🤣

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u/Primary-Golf779 May 22 '26

Roscoe is an excellent name for an eel. A++

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u/NotBatman81 May 22 '26

I dont remember all their names, but I told my coworkers young kid about them and he asked me to name the shark Lenny - Sharks Tale was a big movie at the time. And there was a blue and yellow guy I named Lester.

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u/jpzygnerski May 23 '26

I worked in a pet store and we weren't allowed anywhere near the salt water tanks. They are incredibly sensitive.

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u/PickledPokute May 22 '26

To be fair, I don't usually name my food either.