RBM wrote:

A little story here to amuse too. There's a local ACE hardware store
that's a real pain in the ass. Everytime you walk in, one of the
village idiot store employees walks up and asks if they can help
you. That's fine, to a point. But they can't just point you to the
isle and get lost. Instead, they like to start asking all kinds of
questions, try to re-engineer what you're doing, when they are totally
clueless. As an example, I went in and was looking for screws. The
guy comes over and asks if I need help. I tell him I'm looking for
round headed wood screws. He shows me flat headed ones, which I
already saw. Then, he looks at me like he never heard of or saw a
round headed one. Next, he's asking what it is I'm doing and starts
recommending sheet metal screws.

Don't even get me started on that! My (now) standard response for the
inevitable "what are you doing" question is to reply with "I'm just trying
to see what you have right now."

It usually gives them enough of a clue to go away. Until the next helpful
little butterfly tries to land on me.

Jon