I Hate Home Depot, Part 1324
I have hated the legal entity known as Home Depot, Inc. for many years. A long time ago I vowed never to spend another dime in their cruddy little store. Since that time there have been one or two instances in which I was going to break my vow out of sheer desperation. In any of the times that I have had the misfortune of walking into the retail outhouse known as Home Depot, I have never been given one single reason to change my opinion of them. Today was no different.
To make a long story short, I ended up with a $25 gift card to Home Depot. No amount of arguing is going to get me a cash refund. Trust me I tried. So if anyone out there wants to Paypal me $20, I will send it to you. Think of it as me giving you $5. Really I would just be laundering it into a form I want to use. The email address to set up this little transaction is jaslusher AT gmail DOT com.
Home Depot sucks.
October 19th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
Not to stir up any bad feelings, but I was just wondering what the reasons for the hate were. I’ve heard the same thing from other handyfolks but have never heard a justification. It’s not that I shop there anymore, I guess I’m just curious.
October 20th, 2005 at 12:08 am
I think maybe it is because of how large it is and the fact that they don’t give good advice like some of the old small hardware stores that don’t exist anymore. James mentioned the auto parts store which gave him such great advice. I can see the advantage of paying more for good advice but a lot of the time I don’t need advice and my main concern is price and sellection for which Home Depot rocks! Maybe if you are old fashioned, you don’t like the impersonal way it is at Home Depot. Personally I think human interaction is highly over rated. My best shopping expereince is at Walmart at 3:00 AM. Let me get in and out as quickly as possible with as little human interaction as possible!
October 20th, 2005 at 10:21 am
Ryan: I will lay down the whole story in a post soon. Just for you, buddy.
TE: If I may be so bold as to speak for the rest of humanity, we would just like to thank you for limiting your interation voluntarily. We had been discussing imposing it on you, but you have saved us a great deal of inconvenience.
October 20th, 2005 at 1:11 pm
Oh the humanity!
October 21st, 2005 at 6:53 pm
In a post soon? That’s like a sitcom that’s “to be continued” It also means I will have to come back to the site frequently (shucks) all the while teetering at the edge of my seat in anticipation.
October 21st, 2005 at 8:30 pm
The anticipation is killing me! You have a lot of hate in you James. I have to work on that myself. The punk era died a long time ago so it’s not really fashionable although there is a delay in some areas. I recently moved to a rural part of Virginia in the mountains and am amused to see mohawks and nose rings at the Walmart. Blame it on MTV. Hey people: if your mama listens to rock and has tattoos then maybe rock is not rebellious anymore! It’s been corporate for way too long, *sigh* I hate delays. When is the next big change?
God Damn It!
October 21st, 2005 at 11:58 pm
I’m hoping that the “next big change” will be towards people that have a distinct moral fiber to them. It seems to me that there is a trend in the opposite direction, I come to visit this blog not because I agree with everything that James says … but because I believe in the way that he says it. I wish more people had that sort of solidity or at least a bit of a clue. I don’t care much for politics, but family values seem to be hard to come by these days.
Edge, I live in VA myself, and you are right. Though I’m sure there is a similar media evoked wave of conformity no matter where you live, and regretfully I was once a part of that. Maybe the youth remains “the youth” too long in this country. Here’s to responsible children. Cheers.
October 22nd, 2005 at 1:42 am
That was beautiful Ryan.
Chalk that bit of wisdom up into one of the many, many reasons why I love you, man.