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Posted by Maker of Rules on July 4, 2006, 8:56 am
>I gotta ask, do they have a mandatory IQ test to get a job at Lowes or
> Home Depot?? I]m guessing they do, and if you do not come in , in the
> bottom 10% no job for you.
> ( Apologies to DIY store folks reading who actually know what they are
> doing)
>
> During a big remodel project, I send the wife to Lowes to get either a
> reducing T (3/4-3/4 to 1/2" CPVC) or a reducing bushing, or a reducing
> coupling. I need probably 20 of these. Well, the wife who is pretty
> astute with most aspects of DIY stuff except plumbing............comes
> back with a bag full of stuff NOT my 1st choice of the reducing T's but
> stuff that will get me from 3/4 to 1/2".
>
> Being in the middle of anther aspect of the remodel I shelved the bag
> to use later. Well, last nite is "later" I got the bag out, opened it
> up.............much to my surprise/dismay.........the bag is full of
> 1"-3/4 " reducing stuff.
>
> Now, I distinctly remember the wife calling to ask specific sizes when
> the Lowes idjit was trying to put the needed plumbing bits together,
> she had specifically asked for 3/4" to 1/2" reducing stuff, had showed
> the idjit the sizes , and even the drawing in her notebook........and
> he kept assuring her that what he put together was what she needed.
>
> I just have to wonder........"WHY" ? Why would the idjit do that,
> unless he was simply.............an Idjit? This wasn't a kid either, it
> was an adult middle aged man. Of course, I guess I just answered my own
> question right?? If he is working at Lowes at 45-50 years
> old............
>
> Ok, sorry to blow off, but this is not the 1st time this has happened
> at the big 2 DIY stores ( both of which are a 35 mile round trip from
> me).
>
> I guess my own intelligence should be questioned too, as far as why I
> keep going there.
>
> Oh well
> Take care ya'll
> Steve
>
You can thank Mr.Bob Nardelli, HD's current CEO for that. Back when Arthur
Blank and Bernie Marcus ran it, the aisles were filled with tradespeople who
knew their stuff-- plumbers, electricians, carpenters. Since Nardelli took
over, he fired all the knowledgeable people to save money and put one former
burger flipper in every three aisles.
That's his ideas of how to run a retail business-- I think he knows zip,
zero, nada. What can you expect from a guy who came from GE. I guess he
knows all about how to manufacture railroad locomotives, jet engines and
refrigerators though.
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