I had a guy hesitate to sell me jigsaw blades when i didn't buy his stuff that a blind person must make jigs to not get hurt. So I acted bedazzled and asked with what one makes these jigs and he said "with a router or a jigsaw" So I agreed and he sold me the blades.
Personally, I get tired of the demos being 9 feet in the air; but that's because I'm shorter than 6ft tall. On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, Tom Vos wrote: > Friends of the order of the Nailing Apron, > You've probably had experiences similar to mine when I visited Menards > yesterday. We picked up supplies to upgrade the kitchen. With the new > furnace the chimney is no longer in use. By taking it out I can adde 24 > inches of upper and lower cabinets and countertop. Then we'll upgrade to > new lights, and llay new vinyl flooring. > So I needed some screws. It's hard for even my wife the find the ones I > want (3 inch, all purpose with a square drive). So I stood in the screw > aisle while she went to fetch a sales person. When he came up to me I asked > him for the xcrews I wanted, and he responded rather rudely, "You're looking > at them." > So I lifted up my white cane and said, "I'm sorry , sir, I can't see them." > Even then he didn't get it. Not until my wife said, "That's why he carries > a white cane." > Suddenly the young man became very nice and very helpfully pulled the > screws off the shelf and then located the ring shank nails I need for the > underlayment. "Anything else I can help you with?" > We went on without him, and did find another store employee who was very > helpful in helping us locate the underlayment, plywood and masonite we > needed. > Twice, on previous visits to Menards I have had sales clerks ask if I needed > to check my white cane. Perhaps it looks a bit like PVC. I told them I had > already paid for it. > What shopping stories do you have? > Blessings, > Tom > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
