RIP- The Fish

The people who worked at the hostel in the village of Kyleakin, seemed to be a nice group of people. I had talked to Luke the night before. He came to visit the island from Australia. The hostel has a policy that if you clean for 2 hours than you get the night free. Sometimes because of this they have people that just come and stay for long periods of time. This is how he came to be there. He eventually got a job at the pub, and then upgraded to actually working at the hostel. And there he stays.

As we were checking out of the hostel one of the girls noticed a small tombstone in the corner near the desk. She said to Luke, "so all the fish died at once?" He laughed and said yes it was true. Apparently they had taken the fish out of the water to change it and then put the warming stick back in the cold water. They noticed that it had broken a little but they didn't think anything of it. He said as the days went on the fish were swimming slower and slower. Finally one day they can to find all of the fish floating on top of the fish tank. They were outraged at what they had done to the poor fish, and very sad at the loss.

To add to the story he read us the check list they have for the hostel next to the desk. One of the notes is-

1. Clean Fish Tank. Oh wait, their dead.
2. Get replacement fish.
3. Clean tank

He told us that they were a little too afraid to replace the fish. So right now they just have an empty fish tank.

May the fish rest in peace.