Today was busy! We started out this morning intending to make a quick trip down to Jamul to pick up the brown pickup which was at the auto shop getting a new used transmission put in. I was going to go with Forry and drive it back to camp. We've missed having this pickup as we are short of vehicles and I have been the one without!
No trip around here is ever possible for just one thing, it's far enough to any town to need to make the most of any trip. So before we left, we had a shopping list, mainly things for the office and paint for the exterior of #3 house. Didn't sound too bad.
We ended up going to Santee as there was both a WalMart and a Home Depot there. One of the things on the list was a GPS unit for the camp (me) since all of the drivers were using their personal ones (Forry's been using ours...).
Wouldn't you know, the GPS units are in a locked cabinet, only one employee has the key, and he was NOWHERE to be found -- but they paged him. Okay, go get the extra keys made for the office, come back, still no clerk, but they went to the break room to look for him. Okay, go get the ink and the photo paper, come back, still no clerk. Okay go find the cash bags the office wanted, go back, no clerk. Wait. They say they're looking for him. Wait. Ask if there isn't a manager or supervisor who would have keys. No. Wait. Try to decide if haven't already invested so much time that it doesn't pay to walk out. Clerk finally shows. No apology. Wants to know what we want. Tell him we want to buy GPS. Ask him what the difference are between three models that are all within a dollar or two of each other. Clerk shrugs, finally says that it says on the label they all announce streets... With so much information overload we decide to get another Garmin as that's what we've already got. Clerk finally deigns to open case. Rummages around bottom of display case, no Garmin on that side. Grunts, moves over to other side, finally pulls one out. Hands it over without making eye contact, locks case, walks off. Great customer service...
Go to Home Depot. Give paint colors to clerk, tell her how many gallons we need. 6 gallons of primer, 10 gallons of base, 2 gallons of trim paint. Clerk comments on neat colors (would you believe base is called applesauce cake and trim color is peanut butter?). Smiles, grabs ladder, gets paint -- laughingly comments that the one you want is always up the highest and in the back. Swings five gallon buckets up to machine to add color, mix and shake. Loads paint on cart, asks if we're sure we've got everything we need. Go to Contractor Counter to check out, clerk gives us 10% discount when asked, notices we didn't get paint stirrer sticks, checks to see if we need help loading. Great customer service!
Get back to Jamul, get pickup and pay for new transmission --OUCH! Get phone call that one of the short termers has fallen off the bottom two steps of ladder, hitting his head. Get back to camp, Forry takes volunteer to hospital emergency room. Five hours later -- and after dinner time -- the two return to camp. A set of x-rays, a CAT scan, multiple staples for the cut and a head bandage to show for their long wait. The hospital puts the digital x-rays and scan on a disk for volunteer to take to his home doctor in Pennsylvania.
In the meantime back on the job sites the kitchen cabinets for House #1 are delivered, we pass inspection on wall board in House #3, and the foundation for House #4 is dug. Indeed a very busy day!
That's Wally World for you, no service, everything from China, no service, dumb, dumber, and stupid, no service, low pay, no service,billionare owners, no service. They need to go out of business or move to China.
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