Hire a minimum wage high school drop out and then take the money
saved and increase the shareholder dividends.

The young person with the question needs to go the local hardware
store and pay for the answers to his questions.

There ain't no free lunch and we are a capitalist country so don't
begrudge our stores a profit.

Bob Nardelli's inaugural initiative five years ago was to do just
that. Within few months we lost our top tier floor associates.....
these were well paid folks with the best product knowledge.... we were
awash in part-timers/short-timers just as the biggest housing boom in
U.S. history was hitting the fan, and our stock performed
appropriately by tanking. That was a massive mistake.

Home Depot DID NOT take care of it's shareholders any better than it
took care of it's loyal customers or loyal associates.

Six months from now I hope you all see big changes. We got a new boss
and he ain't like the old boss.