Fremen

I wonder what kind of stories we'd read if you and clavus lived together.


Nice ending, great story, fhq. Thanks.

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slimsam1

What tool were you looking for?

clavus

You guys wouldn't read a thing. fgh and I would just vent to eachother, then it would be out of our systems. Hell, we probably wouldn't even have to speak. I'd stumble in the door with a half-eaten cheese-log, a bag of frozen cat rectums and a look on my face like I'm trying to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius while watching my house burn down.

fhg would take one look at me and say, "I know just how you feel."

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snowy

Bill must be one sexy beast.

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TexanAvenger

fhqwhgads, you are one of the reasons for my continued involvement in TFP. Brilliant writing like that is so hard to come by, but once you start you'll never want anything less.

byesman

I smile, I grin, I chuckle. Very rarely do I ever laugh out loud. This stoy had me laughing out loud. fhq, I read a post you made on the portraits page, and I wanted to compliment you then, but never did. This was great.

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thingstodo

I, too feel your pain. You sure made it funny and I loved the pirate angle. If i could only be that funny when I do write a complaining letter!!

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rfra3645

i wish i had $1.00 for every story like that i have iether been a part of or saw happen..

i would buy lowes....

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nice story man..

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if you cant read my post i dont want to hear about it move on. thanks

Jolt

This serves as an excellent reminder of the difference between a "Hardware Store" (good) and a "Home Improvement Center" (bad).

A new Ace opened near here and I'm just GIDDY about it. They ordered a new handle for my broken sledgehammer!

fhq, an excellently written piece!

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Ishmal

HeeHeeHee...

now that is some great writing fhq... i wish i could write like that. LOL. good on ya.

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fhqwhgads

Ever get the feeling that people are rooting for you to have another fucked up day so that they can enjoy the rant about it later?

I appreciate all the comments everyone. Writing about these things are actually theraputic. I'll have to make it a regular habit...

DEI37

Yeah, I hear that. I've worked in retail long enough that not much surprises me anymore. The way that was written was brilliant, and that something like that could actually happen isn't surprising, although, it is still pathetic. I laughed out loud with that one.

Hey, do us all a favour, and go try to find some oddball part at Home Depot tomorrow, eh?

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MSD

This is why I'm glad to have a friend who works at a hardware store. Not only can he get me anyhting the next day, he can get it at 10% above cost.

Hard8s

I just wish you would have actually said what item you were looking for! Then we all could look around our local stores and let you know how many they say they have and how many they actually have. It seems someone has an extra 7 laying around unaccounted for.

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Stompy

Yeah, Lowe's/Home Depot workers are pretty much useless drones.

I got the same, "Well, if we had it it'd be right here" crap yesterday when I tried to get a new socket for my ceiling fan fixture.

I'm getting sick of those stores... in between them NEVER having anything that fits my stuff (I can't find a simple light kit for a ceiling fan that DOESN'T have a pull chain.. just a socket.) and idiot workers, I'm about to just stop goin there.

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Irishsean

I laughed my ass off thru the whole thing, that was great!

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TexanAvenger

Well... if you weren't such a great writer, we wouldn't root so much. Of course, we'd also be greatly disappointed and mostly bored if you were to stop. It's because of this that we hope you have another "mouthbreather" experience...

uncle_el

great story! sorry you didn't find your tool.

flstf

We all flock to these mega home improvement emporiums when they open to get the lowest prices, then when all the small hardware stores close because they lost our business, we complain about the lousy service. Must be some kind of poetic justice or karma at work here.

I thought your story was very funny. But you have to be somewhat masochistic to continue going back to a store that continues to treat you so badly. What do they have to do to lose your business?