My Hero of the Day!

Hometown Hardware Stores

Today I had to go to the hardware store; unfortunately I also had to drive 50 minutes away to get new lenses put in my glasses.  My glasses had to be picked up at Wal-Mart and there weren’t any privately owned hardware stores in this town.  So I was forced to go to “Hell Depot”, where I walked around for over twenty minutes trying to find someone to help me with the purchase of a fan for my daughters’ playroom.  After being ignored and sent in circles by everyone I asked, I finally found an older guy that just came into work.  I asked him if the fan and lights I had were compatible and he of course has no freaking clue.  But, he did use his little walky-talky to find someone that was supposed to have been in the electronics division.  He also had no clue, so he called for someone else.  By this time I’ve been there for over 45 minutes and still don’t know any more than I did.  Finally they have to open the boxes to see if they will work together and NO they didn’t. 

Sad thing is I could have drove twenty minutes into my little town, walked into the local hardware store and found someone to help me with seconds.