"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
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"Mike Marlow" wrote

The problem with that is that the checkout points are all monitored by
video camera, and a quick review of the transaction process would almost
assuredly have indicated some pretty serious exaggeration on Lee's part.

What a classic, clueless response.

Not so clueless Lee - I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday...


I have no doubt that part of the problem is that I have a hearing loss. I
have been treated badly my whole life because of that and as I get older
my hearing gets worse. I don't have any problem figuring out when I am
being treated badly. You are just like all those assholes I have met who
think that I am faking it.

Never suggested such a thing.

Like if I try hard enough, I can suddenly hear or something. And Home
Depot depending on vocal instructions presupposes that everybody has
perfect hearing. And the liittle places where the money comes out are
totally camaflagued. I couldn't see them. (My vision is not so hot either)

It's called Life Lee. Everyone relies on the expectation of verbal
communication. You indicated nothing in the interraction that suggests Home
Depot or the supposed drug addict (as you presume to describe the fellow),
did anything wrong. The only thing I said was that your story sounds quite
exaggerated, and I'd be willing to bet that the video from the self-checkout
would back up my bet.



And the lock packaging would challenge almost anybody to get into it.
Unless, of course, you have the proper tools. I will be looking into that
when I pick up something from Home Depot this afternoon.

I'm not so challenged by these things Lee. I just pull out my pocket knife
and all is well. Hell, I've even used a set of car keys in a pinch...


Very little of anything was exaggerated here. All those events did
actually occur. And I was trying to be humerous and pointing this out as a
strange event rather that a mistreatment thing. All subtleties that went
way over your head apparently.

Flailing arms, ankle level cash return, etc? No - I suspect quite a bit of
exaggerating. You forget - we've all been in Home Depot stores. We're
familiar with the self checkout process. We're familiar with how the stores
are run across the country. No subtleties were lost on me - there were none
to lose.


I was trying to point out some problems with dealing with a big box store.

Problems dealing with a big box store? Millions of people with ailments and
disabilities of all sorts seem to function quite well in them every day.
You had a bad day and turned it into a problem with big box stores - and
packaging. I think you should have just stayed in bed that day Lee.

You apparently live near a big box store that offers utopian service.

Nope - they're just exactly what I expect. Not perfect, and not crummy.
I'm just not a person like you who delights in derailing people and
experiences simply because I've got a crummy outlook. You can't hear, you
can't read, and you lack the muscle control to open a plastic package. To
top that off, you're too cheap to buy a tool to do it for you. Yet, that is
somehow the fault of a drug addicted cashier, and the big box store.

It is interesting that you think bad service, indifferent machines
subsituting for people as checkers and bulletproof packaging are examples
of "serious exaggeration".


No, I think you are an ill tempered person who needs to get a grip on life.
It does not all turn around you, or me, or our particular wants and likes.
You need to get over yourself Lee.

Besides - it is Home Depot's policy that at least one manned cash register
will be open at all times. You did not have to go to self checkout, where
you are clearly so challenged. You could have gone right over to the good
old fashioned checkout with real people ready to serve you. You went there,
caused your own problem and then posted your diatribe here. See any irony
in that at all Lee?

Perhaps you have serious exaggerated your own abilities to perceive and
interpert life experiences.


I still bet that the video camera from that self service checkout station
would show you had exaggerated.

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-Mike-