Lowes rant

HK3- · 04-12-2011, 11:35 AM

Lack
Of
Well
Educated
Staff

Went to Home Depot Friday evening to find two 3 inch metric bolts for my mailbox. The store was empty with maybe >10 customers inside. Looked for the bolts myself but their nuts and bolts section was not easy to read as far as what was standard and what was metric. I asked for help from a nearby employee. She called Eric who was the specialist in hardware and said he would be there in a minute. I waited 15 minutes and finally started getting impatient. Finally had two guys come over that worked there, neither of them was Eric, and they couldn't understand how the nuts and bolts were setup. After a good 30-45 minutes I walked off to go and find my wife who was looking at something else. Walking back we passed a guy and I asked if he was Eric and he said yes. I told him I waited in the hardware section for a half hour and he was a no show. He just gave me a dumb look like I wasn't going to be his friend on FB anymore. Damn near an hour later I got my two bolts in standard and not metric. I made them work by cross threading the he!! out of the threaded post.

04-12-2011, 11:35 AM	#10
HK3- Cashmere Jungle Lord Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Boffa Location: The town so nice they named it twice Posts: 5,035 Trading: (48)	Re: Lowes rant Lack Of Well Educated Staff Went to Home Depot Friday evening to find two 3 inch metric bolts for my mailbox. The store was empty with maybe >10 customers inside. Looked for the bolts myself but their nuts and bolts section was not easy to read as far as what was standard and what was metric. I asked for help from a nearby employee. She called Eric who was the specialist in hardware and said he would be there in a minute. I waited 15 minutes and finally started getting impatient. Finally had two guys come over that worked there, neither of them was Eric, and they couldn't understand how the nuts and bolts were setup. After a good 30-45 minutes I walked off to go and find my wife who was looking at something else. Walking back we passed a guy and I asked if he was Eric and he said yes. I told him I waited in the hardware section for a half hour and he was a no show. He just gave me a dumb look like I wasn't going to be his friend on FB anymore. Damn near an hour later I got my two bolts in standard and not metric. I made them work by cross threading the he!! out of the threaded post.