It's amazing what a night's sleep can do for you. Fatigue does bad things to your brain ;-)
Let me share a sorta funny story - that happens almost everytime I go into Home Depot.
I'll begin by saying I love Home Depot and Lowe's. Sometimes it just makes me want to design and accessorize a house. I love all the doors, door handles, windows, carpets, refrigerators, stoves, fixtures, sinks, cabinets, etc. BUT, when you go in looking for a security peep hole for the front door and something to stick a ceramic tile to wood, a little different story. The only thing worse is looking for a single type of nut or screw. ( ok, if you're gonna take it there fine, but I'm not. I'll just chuckle instead)
I start by going to the info desk, asking about the peep hole, I get sent to doors. After about 7-10 minutes searching this HUGE area with wood doors, glass doors, sliding doors, etc. I see nothing...small. So, I ask someone else and they say "aisle 10". Uh, ok, but the aisle numbers aren't in the rear of the store where I was, so I wander....wander...wander, until I get a brain and head towards the front where the signs are. I find the aisle, and I see keys, smoke and C02 detectors and other things, but can't find the peep holes. Thankfully there was an associate working at the key place, which is in the same aisle ( now is the time to share, the handy, knowledgeable older - or younger - handy man is SUCH a comfort. There's something to be said for the "Little House on the Prairie - Michael Landon character" kinda guy. So if you don't have a man at home, borrow one from Home Depot ;-) )
I asked him where to find the peep holes and he points to this obscure point in the aisle where there are 4 varieties of peep hole. FOUR !!! In that gigunda aisle!!! I'm so glad he showed them to me and also helped me be sure that the one I selected would fit and would be appropriate. Then I asked him what I should use to adhere the ceramic tile ( these are my son's artwork from class) to the wooden frame they came with. He said silicone. Ok. Easy enough.....
NOT !!! Off to the caulking aisle. Who knew there are around 50 types of caulk and silicone? And.. is caulk silicone? I ran with no, but... ( shoulder shrug). So this attractive guy comes up and asks if I need help. Uh, yeah. I must have looked like an illeterate person looking at an aisle of library books. So I told him what I was looking for and he guesses silicone for bathroom. Good guess. We read the backs of the tubes and it looks good. So I start to head away and he goes, "Do you need a gun?" Not unless you steal from me or "things aren't that bad" I thought. But then I realized I did need a gun... a caulking gun. Sheesh !!! I should have spent a little more time with dad. He smiled at my stall. Then he found one that would work, but was cheap (I like him already) and I completed my run.
So I went in to the store thinking it would take 12-15 minutes. Yeah, right. 40 minutes later I had gotten the 2 things I had planned to get and the one thing I didn't think/remember that I did need.
And hence goes almost every trip to Home Depot.
I need to never plan a 2 hour shopping trip there, or I may not emerge for days !!!!! But, it's is still a very, VERY cool place !!!!! ;-)
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