I have gotten a couple of responses to the new “Music Quiz” page. No one has guessed the correct answer yet, maybe it’s too hard? Maybe it was a shitty idea? I don’t know. I’ll let it run for a little while and see what happens.
I always believed ‘Home Depot’ and ‘Lowes’ were the same company. Now I am positive. They build them across from each other so when they need parts to build the HD they just get them from Lowes and the other way around. Yesterday and today I had to make trips out to get parts for the install I am working on. They only had the customer service desk and the self-checkout lines open. I had a 4×4 sheet of plywood and some loose bolts that don’t have barcodes on them so I had to go through the customer service line. 28 minutes later (I timed it!) I’m out the door and free from the bitchy housefrau that has no idea what plywood is. I’m not upset that she didn’t know the PRICE for the plywood was, she didn’t know what plywood IS! How do you work at Lowes and not have any clue at all?! She kept telling the guy on the phone I had a 4 foot board. When he asked how long, she said it was 4×4. Now she’s ringing up a post. 28 minutes!
So, today I had to get some 3/4″ conduit, hangers and beam clamps. I decided to try my luck at Home Depot. They had everything I needed but the beam clamps. They had these HUGE 1/2″ and 3/8″ ones I could hang a truck from but the bolts were too big for my strap hangers. I needed 1/4″ beam clamps and the guy I asked was a dick. His only help was, “Hey, if it’s not on the shelf, I ain’t got them”. Rather than stand there and wish hateful things on him, I bought what I needed and grudgingly went back to Lowes. They had the 1/4″ clamps but I noticed they didn’t have the 1/2″ or 3/8″ ones. See? They do this on purpose. Somewhere there is a master list of “All things hardware”. They split the list in half, Home Depot carries half, Lowes carries the other half. Just to throw us off, they both have the empty boxes for the stuff they don’t carry. I’m on to them.
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