Lowes rant

[HK3-]

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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.

[thebayratt]

Originally Posted by HK3-

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Thats pretty rough... Im college educated and probably know more about home improvement than most the contractors/homeowners that walk in the door!

But I do work with some A-Class morons at Lowe's who couldn't poor piss out of a boot with instructions on the bottom of the boot.

It seems like the people who have been at Lowe's for 5 or more years are knowledgable people. I have been there 9+ years. Alot of the newhires are idiots, some aren't.

[HK3-]

Originally Posted by thebayratt

Thats pretty rough... Im college educated and probably know more about home improvement than most the contractors/homeowners that walk in the door!

But I do work with some A-Class morons at Lowe's who couldn't poor piss out of a boot with instructions on the bottom of the boot.

It seems like the people who have been at Lowe's for 5 or more years are knowledgable people. I have been there 9+ years. Alot of the newhires are idiots, some aren't.

I hear you. I've noticed more old people working there lately like they are hiring cheap labor. I still prefer Lowers over HD anyday.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by thebayratt

Im college educated...
...who couldn't poor piss out of a boot...

So... I'm guessing you weren't an English major...
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[pnoon]

Originally Posted by Kreth

So... I'm guessing you weren't an English major...
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Are snide comments like this really necessary? (Yes. I see the winking smiley. Smilies don't absolve people from common courtesy. )
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