I broke my lawnmower blade Tuesday, so I had to go get a new one Wednesday. It was starting to feel like I was on a wild goose chase - I went to Home Depot, because they are right by Chrysler, and I started from there because I had to get my oil changed for our trip to New Mexico, as we will be headed that way in two weeks. So the guy at Home Depot checked all the blades they had, but none of them had the right kind of "hole" on the blade to attach it to the mower - all of theirs had a star-shaped hole and mine is a round one. All the blades they had specified "lawn tractor" and mine is a basic lawn mower. As I explained it, it is the push kind where you pull the cord to start it, then cuss at it, then pull the cord again and it will start.
Every time. You cannot skip that step.
So since Home Depot did not have the right blade, they suggested I should try Mac's Hardware. Mac's is one of the few places where you can still go in and buy just the exact three nails or two washers that you need - they sell them by the pound instead of in packages. However, they did not have the lawn mower blade I needed, so they said to try Home of Economy. As it turned out, Home of Economy did have my blade, so if the weather cooperates, I will finish mowing today.
The no-longer-20-minute oil change was quite the afternoon adventure. After sitting through one episode of Bonanza, I was not really up for another - I think they had their waiting-room television tuned to the Bonanza channel - so I joined a lady sitting at a table and we chit-chatted. Deciding we were hungry, I asked at the counter if they had a popcorn machine. Since there is a soda dispenser in the waiting room, a snack machine would not be an unreasonable thing to expect.
They do not have any sort of snack machines, but the gals in the office took pity on us (or got tired of listening to us whine about being hungry) and brought us out a bag of fresh warm popcorn from their break room.
Now that we both know the place has switched from a 20-minute quick change set-up to an appointment system, we will plan accordingly next time!
I am perfectly willing to schedule appointments - as long as I know I need to do so!
To be totally honest, I do prefer to have a scheduled appointment for things. I am far less likely to put things off if I have an appointment scheduled to do them.
The cute guy got my lawn mower blade on last night, so today I need to mow the lawn.
Every time. You cannot skip that step.
So since Home Depot did not have the right blade, they suggested I should try Mac's Hardware. Mac's is one of the few places where you can still go in and buy just the exact three nails or two washers that you need - they sell them by the pound instead of in packages. However, they did not have the lawn mower blade I needed, so they said to try Home of Economy. As it turned out, Home of Economy did have my blade, so if the weather cooperates, I will finish mowing today.
The no-longer-20-minute oil change was quite the afternoon adventure. After sitting through one episode of Bonanza, I was not really up for another - I think they had their waiting-room television tuned to the Bonanza channel - so I joined a lady sitting at a table and we chit-chatted. Deciding we were hungry, I asked at the counter if they had a popcorn machine. Since there is a soda dispenser in the waiting room, a snack machine would not be an unreasonable thing to expect.
They do not have any sort of snack machines, but the gals in the office took pity on us (or got tired of listening to us whine about being hungry) and brought us out a bag of fresh warm popcorn from their break room.
Now that we both know the place has switched from a 20-minute quick change set-up to an appointment system, we will plan accordingly next time!
I am perfectly willing to schedule appointments - as long as I know I need to do so!
To be totally honest, I do prefer to have a scheduled appointment for things. I am far less likely to put things off if I have an appointment scheduled to do them.
The cute guy got my lawn mower blade on last night, so today I need to mow the lawn.