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mrv3000 ([personal profile] mrv3000) wrote2007-07-14 09:44 am
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Am I setting back the cause of women by getting hives just thinking about going to Home Depot?

I want to do something to my kitchen sink, and I'm afraid I'm gonna have to go there for the tool. *shudders* Maybe I'll reward myself by getting a new plant as well, to replace the one I killed by chopping it up. (What? It grew back before!)

[identity profile] darksylvia.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha, it's all about who you get to help you. My dad used to work there, and he was really nice, but I have gone and been IGNORED for half an hour while actively trying to seek a sales associate. I make him go with me now.

[identity profile] solielle.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I say no. But only because most Home Depots are so large that they need their own zip code, and there's always the possibility that you could get lost and have wander through the Land of Pain Swatches for the rest of eternity.

What? It grew back before!

Aww. Poor little plant.

[identity profile] solielle.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Land of Pain Swatches

I'm sorry, Paint Swatches. That other one is a completely different store.
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[identity profile] surreallis.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
When I first read your post, I thought it said you wanted to get a new 'planet' to replace the one you killed by chopping it up.

OMG, destroyer of worlds!!

[identity profile] joyfulfeather.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
When I was a kid, I was terrified of places like Home Depot. Those big fork-lift type machines they drive around in? The HUGE stacks of lumber that look like a giant baby's building blocks? I thought I was going to die every time I went in there. Seriously, I had nightmares.

Now I love going there. I'd totally go buy your tool for you if I could, because an excuse to go and play with power tools or even non-power tools? Awesome. ;) However, being a female engineer, I'm in no way representative of our gender, so... no, I think you're okay not wanting to go. :)

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, now that's just bad customer relations. BAH!

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I just kind of go into a daze when I walk into them. And today was no exception. Found what I was looking for though.

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
HA!!!!!!

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
HA!!! Betcha Home Depot has those too. In the back. Next to the sinks.

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-14 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
When I was a kid, I was terrified of places like Home Depot. Those big fork-lift type machines they drive around in? The HUGE stacks of lumber that look like a giant baby's building blocks? I thought I was going to die every time I went in there. Seriously, I had nightmares.

Awwww! :D

Now I love going there. I'd totally go buy your tool for you if I could, because an excuse to go and play with power tools or even non-power tools? Awesome. ;) However, being a female engineer, I'm in no way representative of our gender, so... no, I think you're okay not wanting to go. :)

I would totally make you go too.
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[personal profile] nostariel 2007-07-15 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Home Depot is the work of the DEVIL. Lowes...is only the work of the AntiChrist. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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[identity profile] starlightmoonla.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Doubtful.

I remember the only time I was actually forced to go to Home Depot was for my Physics class back in high school because I needed a PCV pipe to make a clarinet.

Usually whenever I go there I just walk around in daze while listening to my Ipod.

[identity profile] besyd.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I was in a Home Depot today. And they DIDN'T have what I was looking for! Wah!

[identity profile] audrich.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
Can't you just poke down the plughole with something pointy and a hopeful look on your face, go away for half an hour, assured that the problem will have righted itself?

What? You mean you *don't* do that?!

;D

PS PLANT MURDERER
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[identity profile] wiliqueen.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Am I setting back the cause of women by getting hives just thinking about going to Home Depot?

I'm sure I balance you out. They know me on sight at this point...
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[identity profile] wiliqueen.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Home Depot, I'm generally "meh" about. Lowe's is better. Being in Illinois, though, I have the luxury of Menard's as a first choice. :-)

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I was afraid!!

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
We have Lowe's around here, but Home Depot is much closer. Lowe's is definitely less scary.

And when I hear Menard's, MST3K always pops into my head.

"It's a giant spider invasion of savings at Menard's!"

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember the only time I was actually forced to go to Home Depot was for my Physics class back in high school because I needed a PCV pipe to make a clarinet.

Oh, you had fun school!

Usually whenever I go there I just walk around in daze while listening to my Ipod.

Ha!

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Woah. O_O

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I do occasionally engage in magical fix maintenance, yes. :D

And the poor plant. It was top-heavy and so had to be cut down. But it doesn't look like it's going to grow back this time.

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-15 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! It's like me and Starbucks. :D

[identity profile] vegmb.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I know this is horrible to admit...whenever I go to home improvement stores, I always wear either short skirts and 4" heels or jeans and tank tops and walk in and look around like I'm lost. Within 2 minutes, I have someone getting me whatever it is I came in for with absolutely no effort on my part. (And I know where & what everything is in the store, I just don't like to deal with it.) So, no fussing from me about setting women back.

[identity profile] mrv3000.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Bwahahahaha! *amused*