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DIY store IDJITS! steve 07-04-2006
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on July 4, 2006, 1:56 pm
And, so, you just took their word (wife, and the store guy) that they
got the right parts. Didn't check until the exact instant you wanted
to start work.

I'd like to nominate Steve for the Idjit award. Ladies and gentlemen
of the news group, do I have a second for my nomination?

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.


Well, last nite is "later" I got the bag out, opened it
up.............much to my surprise/dismay.........

Oh well
Take care ya'll
Steve



Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on July 5, 2006, 9:15 pm
Stormin Mormon posted for all of us...
I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.

> I'd like to nominate Stormy for the Idjit award. Ladies and gentlemen
> of the news group, do I have a second for my nomination?
>
Vote for the sure winner Stumped Moron.
--
Tekkie

Posted by JimL on July 4, 2006, 2:57 pm

I agree that it is you with the problem, not the store.

Why in the world would you even entertain the idea that these guys
are anything but untrained sales clerks?

They did their job perfectly - they sold an idiot a part, just like
they were supposed to.

If you want expert advice, call the experts. Licensed journeyment
are trained.





>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


Posted by Tony Hwang on July 5, 2006, 12:25 am
steve wrote:
> 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
>
Hi,
We don't have Lowes here but HD and Rona(Canadian). All the fittings I
saw has little sticker attached to it with description and UPC code.
And all the boxes on the shelf holding them are clearly marked what it
contains.

Posted by Noozer on July 5, 2006, 11:39 am
> We don't have Lowes here but HD and Rona(Canadian). All the fittings I saw
> has little sticker attached to it with description and UPC code.
> And all the boxes on the shelf holding them are clearly marked what it
> contains.

Bahahaha... Have you ever actually checked the contents of these well marked
bins? More often than not they contain a mix of all the stuff found in that
aisle. The smaller the part, the more mixed up it is.



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