On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:40:47 -0500, Ed
wrote:

On 8 Jan 2006 21:04:39 -0800, wrote:

Anyhow...what you are descibing is not limited to HD/Lowes....its an
infection that is rapidly spreading across america.....its called fat
lazy and ignorant american worker syndrome.

And the real shame of it all is that most employers don't give a rat's
ass that their employees don't give a rat's ass either....


Why should they care?
You're buying the stuff anyway.
And while most people WANT expertise, the available evidence
shows that given the choice between paying $9.00 for a widget
from someone who knows something about it, and $8.00 for the
same widget from someone who doesn't, most people choose the
latter, and then bitch about it.