Yuk! HOME DEPOT is awful these days

It's all outright fear. Just that past experience coupled with common sense tell you when (hopefully) that some prevention is in order.

Wes Stewart wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Apart from the Best Buy guy wanting to go through my bags, I have not any major problem in New York. Oh well, there was this guy who got angry when my briefcase touched his bicycle, and he threw a slice of pizza at me, and the LIRR cop who detained me because I had the temerity to ask him to ask someone to stop smoking in the LIRR no-smoking area. But that was about all in almost 30 years crossing Manhattan between Penn Station and 23rd street and First Ave.

Exactly. I don't mind the exit checkers and anti-theft devices in stores. But the security at the airports I can not accept. Why should I have to be hassled, frisked, X-rayed and scanned when I paid for a $900 ticket? No way, I have not got on an aircraft since 9/11 and found other ways of transportation. The US is doing its job when it secures our borders....

Fear is healthy ... only the irrational are fearless.

Which may be just a 'ploy' {or an inadvertent serendipity} . . . with the assumption {purpose?} that you {'The Customer' . . . sometimes notated as 'The Sucker'} will become so frustrated with the entire process that they will just go away . . .

Regards, Ron Magen Backyard Boatshop {with infinite patience and who regards 'high dungeon' as an Art Form}

The silly part of the whole airport business is that it won't do a damned thing about a 9/11 type attack. It's all an attempt to appear to be Doing Something. Now if Amtrak could get you from New York to Los Angeles in reasonable comfort for less than the price of a round-trip ticket to Tokyo . . .

It is easier to get rid of stink on crap than it is to make me go away.

Getting refunds, exchanges, credits, etc are all my game.

I win my games, it is a matter of principle.

As an example, bought a printer which carried a mail in rebate.

I hate rebates, but what the heck, I'll play their silly game.

After a year, still didn't have my refund.

Got tired of all the excuses.

Called the CEO's office and explained the problem.

Within the week, had the check for the rebate + $10 for the aggravation factor.

Lew

$10.00 a year. You drive a hard bargain.

We must be birds of a feather. I got a bunch of BS from the customer no-service department dep't at Xerox concerning a rebate on a printer, and I contacted the CEO and got my rebate, two free ink cartridges (color and B&W) and a phone call of appology from the customer no-service lady.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

;-) Glen

I'm not annoying about it. I simply walk out of the store. In fact, I've never been challenged.

Then what in the H-E-double-toothpicks are you on about? Or are you just one of those people who isn't happy unless he's complaining about something?

What irritates me is when I go to a store and buy ONE item, and the clerk shoves it into a bag, no matter how small it is. Then I say "I don't need a bag." "All merchandise must be bagged to prove you bought it", they say, in a rude voice. So I usually take the item out and throw the bag on the counter and give them a nasty look after I get my change. Gone are the days of the customer being right.

I never had a HD employee insist on putting my eight-foot 2x4 into a bag!

Have you ever tried to shoplift one by sticking it down your pants? :)

No, but I did see a couple of guys wheel out a whole orange cart load of concrete sacks the other day. Straight from the rack to the truck. Right past about six HD employees. One of the pair looked me right in the eye, and knew I knew.

I just shut up and walked. They were parked right next to me and loading up the goods. When I got in my truck, we made eye contact again.

I'm not getting shot over some concrete.

Steve

"Tim Taylor" wrote

Well, that about cinches it. What happens in your locale must be like what it is in the entire rest of the known solar system. I'm convinced. I must have been dreaming when I shared the experiences about where I live.

Or I live in another solar system. But then, I just heard of a new planet today...........................

FWIW, it's worth about as much as half a dog turd.

Steve

Well now, no need to get POOPY :-) I was just saying what happens when you can go to bed in a town and leave your truck parked on the street and not have to worry about having your tires punctured. However there is parts of town where I would hire Bubba and his gang to stand guard. And glad your up on your astronomy, there's new stuff being found out there all the time!

We have HD and Lowes here they do bag everything but never ever stand at any door or ask to see anything . Other stores such as auto parts usually hand me my can or 2 of paint with no bag . I can run short conversations with the store employees and they are friendly & smile .