On May 26, 12:55*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , allen476 wrote:

Padlocks are not with the door locks,

No reason for them to be, either.

taping compound is not in the tape aisle

What, you mean with the masking tape? Of course not.

(here it is in the paint department

Exactly where I'd expect to find small quantities of it, for patching a wall
before painting it

unless you want 5 gallons of it then it is
next to the sheetrock),

Right where it should be, too.

hydraulic cement is not in the plumbing department,

No reason to expect it to be. Hydraulic cement is for repairing masonry, and
-- guess what -- it's in the masonry aisle.

and the winner from when they did their big rearrangement
(so you could find stuff easier) sandpaper is not in the sand and
cement aisle.

One of the two of us is an idiot. Either I just fell for an elaborate joke, or
you have some *very* strange ideas about where stuff ought to be in a hardware
store.

No, that is where the "associates" said they were. I know where they
should be. But they don't.

Our Blue dump has rearranged everything and now items are in
different areas. Couple that with the lack of training and well no one
knows where stuff is.

Padlocks used to be with the chain, now they are in the aisle with
storage bins and pneumatic nailers.

Hydraulic cement (I use the UGL brand since I can mix up small
quantities) is in the paint department when it was with the rest of
the cements and mortar. But instead I was told that it was in the
plumbing department. If I hadn't had to get another gallon of the UGL
paint, I would have never had found it. And it wasn't in the paint
department 3 days before either.

The 1 gallon and smaller joint compound used to be right with the
taping tools, cornerbead, and sheetrock. Now it is with the rest of
the vinyl spackle and caulking. I wasn't repairing but rather taping
out a small room and needed only a gallon. Got the 4 sheets of rock on
the cart and couldn't find the gallon size. I asked and was told that
they were in aisle 5. Well aisle 5 is tape not taping compound.

Sandpaper.....that made me laugh when I asked where that was moved to.
The girl had no clue and instead of asking where it was, said "it is
with the rest of the sand products".

Sorry, I should have clarified where I had been told where stuff was.
It has been a long week already.

Allen