I was at home Depot grabbing a couple of hardwood " hobby boards " ( knife handles, and a set of pistol grips ).
For some reason they price them like produce even though they're all the same pre cut 2' length, but I know this and have bought these 2' sections of black walnut many times before.
As usual in self checkout an employee has to measure them, I had a piece of black walnut and a piece of mahogany.
Normally they just measure and enter then walk off so I can scan the rest of my items and checkout.
This time I got an idiot telling me something about " this one is 24 ", ??? They're $6 something a foot " yeah but this one is 24 ", well I've bought them plenty of times and they're never that much.
" Well it's 24 and If you're going to paint them I'd put 'em back and grab something cheaper ".( why grab a walnut and a mahogany just to paint them ? )
Okay what about the other one, " it's mahogany so it's going to be a lot more " ( I know it was only $4 something a foot).
Then I see the $13 & $9 on the screen.
Wait a minute how much is this,it's a $13 piece of wood right " yeah and the other one is $9 ".
Oh that's fine, that's what I thought they were.
I knew exactly what I was buying, but instead of just entering the length...etc he has to confuse me.
I know they're per foot and that each was 2' / 24", but he didn't say " let's see they're XYZ a foot at 24 inches so they're going to be... ".
No he just says " this one is 24 " , he never said inches or anything just " it's 24 ".
After all I had another item to buy.
This idiot gave me a headache and made a simple 1 minute transition take about 5.
Never engage and argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. And like wrastlin with a pig in the mud, after a while you realize the pig is enjoying the fun.
Quote from: TexasT on Jan 23, 2025, 05:22 PMNever engage and argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. And like wrastlin with a pig in the mud, after a while you realize the pig is enjoying the fun.
Yeah , in this case I was more just trying to understand what the hell he meant because he had me completely confused.