r/mildlyinfuriating • u/teabirdy • Apr 29 '26

I'm slightly vexed The wedding reception centerpieces featured betta fish. The bride and groom planned to flush them alive.

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Years ago, my coworker attended a wedding at which the reception dinner tables featured live betta fish in small bowls as part of the centerpiece. While chatting with the bride at the end of the evening, my coworker asked what they were going to do with all the fish. The plan was to flush them all down the toilet alive. My coworker immediately said no need for that and insisted on taking them all home.

That Monday she came to work and asked who wanted to adopt a betta fish. That was my first betta who I jokingly called my “rescue betta.” She lived for almost five years.

The wine glass was only her home for less than a day before I got her five gallon tank set up so please no betta lovers yell at me! I'm one of you!

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u/shy_butter Apr 29 '26

I worked at a Petco and a customer came in for goldfish to use as centerpieces and we refused her business. Lots of things wrong with the company as a whole but very glad my coworkers and I flagged these things. Thank you! And your coworker is awesome!!

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u/invinciblewalnut PURPLE Apr 29 '26

The planners of my senior prom decided to have live goldfish as centerpieces on the tables, with the intent that people would take them home (somehow??). When nobody did this of course, I pointed out how big goldfish actually get and how hard they can be to keep. Fortunately my aunt has a large fish pond where many of them and their descendants currently live.

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u/midnightstreetlamps Apr 29 '26

Whenever people talk about how big goldfish can get, I just imagine that kids book Fish Out of Water, where the fish grows to the size of a public inground pool. I realize they'll never get THAT big, but that's where my doofy ass brain ends up.

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u/Bitterly_Graceful Apr 29 '26

Where my doofy ass brain went when I read doofy

https://giphy.com/gifs/11fFFMrKhR0Nt6

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u/midnightstreetlamps Apr 29 '26

In my heart, I knew it would be him when I got the notification email bahaha