Near Rock Fight at Rockler

Bob · 2004-11-27T15:26:38+00:00

Well, I thought I was going to witness one this morning at the Rockler sale.I was #2 at the store around 6am. The doors open at 7a.m. Hmmm. Nobody'sinterested in those K-body clamp sets? Well at 6:40, the laggards startshowing up. We peek in the window and count - 7 sets available. I seewhat's going to happen, so I took a poll. Out of the first 8 people inline, 5 of them are there to buy a total of 7 clamp sets. We have agentleman's agreement that those seven sets are spoken for and everyone'shappy.At 6:55, the manager walks to the front of the store with keys in hand. Hecracks the door and says "no running", then swings it wide open. Wouldn'tyou know it? Some guy at the back of the line somehow sneaks through andgrabs a clamp set. One of our gentleman looks around stunned and said "Heywhat happened to my clamp set - I was one of the first one's here". Weidentify the sneaky guy and they proceed to argue. I jump in and supportour gentleman. Mr. Sneaky than says one of the guys that got two setsshould give up one. I'm one of them At this point, I'm a bit flushed andfirmly state "first come, first served, I was hear an hour before you andtighten my grip on the two heavy clamp sets that are killing the buldgingdisks in my spine".Was it worth it? I don't know. I think I'm kind of mad at Rockler aboutdoing this kind of sale. They've been splashing email for two weeks nowabout all these great sales. I even called the store to ask about availablequanitities and they said they had been unloading 3 trucks a day for a week.It makes a few people happy and a whole lot of people mad. I got up at 5am,drove 15 miles and paid $3.00 in tolls to save about $80 on the street pricefor some clamps. It was barely worth it. I think I'll pass next time(yeah, right).Bob

Nov 27, 2004 41 Replies

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Prometheus 21 years ago

Nice way of putting perspective into it- I got a good chuckle from that one!

I think that's exactly it. Whether it's something learned or genetic, it seems like everyone has a default stress level that they stick to when not in a crisis. Some folks could whistle through a concentration camp, while others can't bear the idea of a parking meter eating their dime. Mine's medium-to-high, so I'm not going to dump on anyone for getting wound up- it's just how some folks are wired.

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Bob 21 years ago

good point, Mr. Brooks.

Bob

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