Now you know why I don't go to Sears, unless it is a must. smile ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people
I understand the problem with Sears and I work for them... ----- Original Message ----- From: RJ To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people I can see the reasoning behind him not wanting to sell you a blade. It wasn't because you were blind, but he wasn't sure of the cash you were trying to hand him. For at a round that time a blind counterfeiter carved out a perfect set of plates by hand for those twenties you were trying to give him. But Bob, if it makes you feel any better, I had the same problem at Sears, when trying to buy a 18 inch chainsaw. Smile, RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people There is no limit to ignorance. I was at the woodworking show a few years back, a huge showing of all sorts of dangerous tools for working with wood. One of the guys selling Forrest Saw blades was on his stage and didn't want to sell me a blade because he didn't know how a blind person could work a table saw and not lose fingers. I can't seem to resist a nasty come back sometimes and told the guy I didn't know how a company with such a good name would let an idiot represent them in the public place. I did manage to resist dropping his $150 blade on the concrete floor. But a lot of people walked away from his display after they heard him. Strangely enough, the next display was for Grip-Tite and the guy running the booth gave me a 2 by 4 and told me to run it through his table saw. I told him about the guy from Forrest and he couldn't believe it. There are good people out there but it's always covered up by the ignorant ones... ----- Original Message ----- From: Jewel To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people One of our department stores had a very good special on 20 inch chainsaws recently, and being a sucker for chainsaws, I went along to buy one. The nasty little jumped-up salesman wouldn't sell me one unless I was prepared to sign a waiver to the effect that if injured, I would not sue them. I had no worry about signing such a document, but it was a clear case of discrimination for anyone can injure themselves with a chainsaw, and do those others have to sign a waiver? no they don't! Now, this is a store that sold me, without hesitation, a rotary garden hoe that didn't have a clutch, even though, for reasons of safety, I had, distinctly, said that a clutch it must have. I did not find that it had no clutch until I got it home and was attempting to find the safety feature I had demanded it * MUST have! When I say a * clutch, I mean that the machine can be put out of gear, so that the hoe tines stops spinning, but the motor is still running. Jewel [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
