I have been ordering a lot
of stuff from Home Depot since I moved in early April. Yes, I dumped a lot of
my old furniture (maybe not the brightest idea I’ve had, but definitely one of
the happiest) when I downsized recently. Rather than have crap delivered to my
new place, I have been picking it all up randomly at the local Home Depot about
seven miles from my new place.
Sometimes it’s a great
success, and sometimes it’s not so great. “Uh, I actually ordered four of
these. Are the other three out back?” (Here emits an exasperated sigh by the
overworked employee who goes back in search of three more semi-heavy boxes.)
The problem with this also means that I am back to building furniture and
following directions, talents that I only semi-possess.
Could I go to the
furniture store? Sure. I am still on the lookout for that perfect living room
accent chair. However, the wait of fourteen to twenty weeks for furniture
delivery really turned me off. I am tired, so very tired, of living out of
boxes. I am ready to get organized.
The advantage to store
pick-up is that I do NOT have to pay shipping fees. If I were willing to fight
northbound traffic, I could even have it delivered to New Hampshire and save
sales tax. The disadvantage to store pick-up is the awkward wait for the
merchandise to come down from the back storage area.
Other customers in Home
Depot have been marvelously polite. “Are you in line?” Nope. I
am hiding behind the cacti display because I am trying NOT to be in line, but
thank you. The last two times I’ve been in to pick up merchandise (after
being helped and while waiting for the stuff to be wheeled down), I’ve taken to
hiding behind the flag display, which replaced the cacti display, which replaced
the lawn fertilizer display, which replaced the snow shovel display . Still,
people find me. They lurk around the corners of the massive boxes and hundreds
of flags, surprise me to the point where I almost pee myself, and yell, “YOU IN
LINE?!”
No, dudes. I simply have a
flag fetish and I’m creeping here to mess with your minds. (Okay, I do have a flag fetish, but that’s a
story for another day.)
Thank you, Home Depot, for
having things like bathroom linen
cabinets and other such interesting items on your website. In the meantime,
change that front display out because I’m sure I’ll need something else soon,
and clearly the tall flags are not a deterrent for my in-store version of Hide-But-Don’t-Seek.
