Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

With the generator, Drew, you want to avoid trying to start the engine when household loads are connected to it, as it puts more strain on the starter motor and battery. I don't like to open and close breakers when there's a load, either, since it's hard on the breakers. Sometimes you just can't avoid it, though.
thanks, I would never do that RNG, yes, hard on machinery. Which is why I will start it first and let it warm up, and then switch individual breakers on one at a time. I posted the instructions, btw, on the generator thread here and they all said I was fine, interlock mechanics prevents problems, only one hot input at a time. They also said good to warm up gen first.

Ted, good luck using that 25 percent coupon on something worthwhile, most of the good stuff is excluded...

 

[rswyan]

Out here the HDs will do inter store shipments for free, RS. If you can find someone behind the counter that knows how to do it...:irked:

Yeah ... I've seen that "We prepared to send XXX of Product (Whatever) to Store YYY" on the website ... haven't really explored if it can be initiated from the website just by placing an order.

In any event, I'm not sure I'd want local HD personnel handling the transfer, given that it's tile we're talking about.

When I picked up those 45 pieces of the mosaic at Wadsworth yesterday, there were just two actual (open) boxes which contained 9 or 10 tiles per box ... probably about 2" high ... with the rest of them stacked loose on top ... :confused2:

When I asked the Junior Woodchuck that rolled the cart out where the other boxes were for the loose tiles he initially replied "That's how they come ..."

Ahh, noooo ... I don't think so Skippy.

He was a young feller - apparently new, insecure, and uncertain of his abilities ... given the encouragement the other Home Depot-nistas were offering him.

I told him that it might be a good idea if he could wrap those tiles up with some of that shrink-wrappy stuff - if they had any handy ... so I didn't destroy my newly-purchased treasure whilst loading/unloading or transporting. Which he then did.

The only other interaction I had with him was when I made some innocuous comment about one of the items in my order. It was said in a light-hearted manner, wasn't at all critical - just merely an observation. Just something to initiate a little more repartee.

His reaction to that was "I didn't pull your order." (meaning "I'm not responsible")

Well ... ok ... but WTF ?

All this was after I was greeted and initially waited on by a young, not unattractive, lady with "What can I do for you ?" (which I'm pretty sure was more like a "Whadda ya want ?" in tone ... )

She did the same thing with the customers behind me, that entered after I did.

But by that time, the manager (apparently) of the area - who had observed all this - had stepped in and become involved in overseeing me getting my order. She was actually very pleasant and helpful, offering to bag the small items up and even offered me the free Homer bucket.

That lady was a treasure ... and I hope HD realizes it.

 

[rswyan]

Ted, good luck using that 25 percent coupon on something worthwhile, most of the good stuff is excluded...

I'm not Ted, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn last night ... but I have found that if you ask the manager, you can often get them to allow the use of the discount coupons on items that they supposedly can't be used on ...

Bottomline: ya wanna make the sale ... or not ?

YMMV ...

 

[farmeratheart]

RS. That lady was a treasure and I hope HD knows it.

When my wife and I encounter the “treasure people” in a store, we always say the he/she will never last. The other disgruntled/surly/ambivalent staff will see that they get fired/quit/transferred!

Frank

 

[RedNeckGeek]

'Tis the season, RS. This year the holiday burnout is compounded by the election and CoVid. That shows up in employee attitude and performance.

Another example: Yesterday I went to pick up two things at Tractor Supply I'd ordered on Black Friday. They had both of them, but the order on one had been cancelled because I didn't pick it up within TWO DAYS. I'd called ahead on the day I placed the order to tell them I wouldn't be there for a week, as I was waiting for both items to be available for pickup at the same time. "No Problem", I was told. One item had to be shipped to the store and was prepaid, but since the other item had been cancelled (in spite of my phone call), I had to pay for it. When the gal rang it up, I was charged full retail, which was more than fifty bux more than the Black Friday price. When I asked why, the clerk that was "helping" me said I'd have to come back tomorrow to talk to a manager about getting the discounted price, and there was nothing more that could be done. I explained that there was no way I was going to waste more time making a special trip for something that may or may not happen, especially since I'd already gone to the trouble to make sure there was no problem. I also told him that I've tried to shop online several times there, and not one of the orders went smoothly. I left the item there and walked out. I'm done with online shopping at Tractor Supply, and they'll be a last resort used only when I can't find what I need somewhere else.:muttering:

 

[rswyan]

'Tis the season, RS. This year the holiday burnout is compounded by the election and CoVid. That shows up in employee attitude and performance.

Another example: Yesterday I went to pick up two things at Tractor Supply I'd ordered on Black Friday. They had both of them, but the order on one had been cancelled because I didn't pick it up within TWO DAYS. I'd called ahead on the day I placed the order to tell them I wouldn't be there for a week, as I was waiting for both items to be available for pickup at the same time. "No Problem", I was told. One item had to be shipped to the store and was prepaid, but since the other item had been cancelled (in spite of my phone call), I had to pay for it. When the gal rang it up, I was charged full retail, which was more than fifty bux more than the Black Friday price. When I asked why, the clerk that was "helping" me said I'd have to come back tomorrow to talk to a manager about getting the discounted price, and there was nothing more that could be done.

Yeah ... that's totally gross.

One the one hand, ya have to allow for it being the fault of an unwilling/uncooperative/bad attitude employee ...

OTOH, welcome to Corporate America ... where policies from on high have made employees disinclined to take the initiative to make things right for customers ... assuming they even can, without having a manager override code or something.

I explained that there was no way I was going to waste more time making a special trip for something that may or may not happen, especially since I'd already gone to the trouble to make sure there was no problem. I also told him that I've tried to shop online several times there, and not one of the orders went smoothly. I left the item there and walked out. I'm done with online shopping at Tractor Supply, and they'll be a last resort used only when I can't find what I need somewhere else.:muttering:

I'm pretty sure there aren't very many better ways to lose a customer - perhaps permanently - that to fail to deliver on something one has committed to.

 

[rswyan]

RS. That lady was a treasure and I hope HD knows it.

When my wife and I encounter the 鍍reasure people in a store, we always say the he/she will never last. The other disgruntled/surly/ambivalent staff will see that they get fired/quit/transferred!

Frank

Yup ... sadly so.

 

[toppop52]

Well we got some more decorations up, there are still more, but we may call it good where it is, a lot less than years gone by, but so is my energy level and interest.

Sunny and warm early, 62° at noon, upper fifties and dark cloudy skies now. They are now saying around 3” of rain with locally heavier amounts and 20-30 mph winds, gusting over 40. Looks like Charlie Brown gonna get wet!

 

[kenmbz]

Had my first order from Amazon canceled as undeliverable by UPS, and UPS will be here for another delivery today :confused3:
The madness has started.
Fedex it seems lost our xmas cards, said it was delivered, no proof of delivery to be found, but the card company will send out another batch, unfortunately by Fedex.

I was at HD once where a few of the employees would actually scoot :lightningbolt: to the back room when they saw anyone coming towards them. It would have been funny, but people were getting mad since they could not find stuff.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, the container placement and roofing structure were permitted and passed inspection during the house build.