Trifling-ass loser at Lowes

[RecoveringKinkoid]

So we're buying this new patio gazebo about two weeks ago, and the box weighs about a hundred pounds, right? I flag down this large, strong looking young man and ask him if he will help my husband load it into a dolly and then into the truck.

Okay, first off, I spoke mostly to the back of this idiot's head, because he was far too cool and far too surly to actually, you know, LOOK at me when I'm talking to him. Whatever, I just want the box moved. So he gets a buddy and the two of them take the thing to the register. Husband pays for it, and then the three of them head for the parking lot. I stay in the store with the baby, where it's cooler.

Somewhere along the line, the buddy disappears and it's just trifling-ass loser and the husband at the truck. Conversation follows:

TAL: (Pulling cart up to truck and standing there like an idiot)There you go.
HUSBAND: "there you go?" Nice try. Come on.
TAL: (grudgingly moves toward box) Do you want the light end or the heavy end?
HUSBAND: How old are you?
TAL: 26.
HUSBAND: Guess that means I'll be taking the light end.

did that idiot think I sent him out there for????? He actually thought my husband was gonna pick up a 100+ pound, 12 foot long box into a truck by himself? I mean, he grabbed a buddy to move it into the dolly, right? HE wasn't willing to move it himself, why did he think I asked him to help?

If I'd been out there, I'd have chewed him a new one. And I dont' think it would have been sucky of me, either. It's not like I expected the guy to lift it himself. I asked him to "help", not "do." It would have been swell of him to extend the same courtesy to my husband, don't you think?

Dumbass.

[PuckishOne]

<Kids in the Hall>

"My gazebo!!"

</Kids in the Hall>

So...what, did Bubba think you just had him out there for his dazzling conversational skills? Good on Mr Kinkoid for his answer - it's a damned sight more polite than I'd have been, and I'd have put a bug in the manager's ear afterwards, to boot. Wow.

[marty]

Puck--HAHAHAHA! Oh geez thinking about that made my day...

It's nice to know that people like that don't get fired for not doing their jobs. Awesome lessons to be learned there....sigh.

[marasbaras]

What a total loser. Then again, it's Lowe's. Big box stores aren't known for hiring the best people. (those of you here who ARE hard workers are the exceptions to that rule)

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I see Numbnuts must have a second job loading up heavy things at Lowe's then.

[blas]

Unfortunately, people like that end up staying there and continuing to pull that crap while management turns a blind eye, and the few good employees get canned because of being late or sick once in a blue moon. Just the sick sad way it goes.

What a little shit.

[Daisy]

The BF had a similar experience a couple weeks ago at Home Depot. He was getting a good bit of lumber and several bags of concrete, and the two teenage guys that were helping him load acted like it was the most awful thing they'd ever had to do in their whole lives.

Later that afternoon, he went back to get more bags of concrete. He saw the two as he drove up and went inside, but when he came out to load the bags, the guys were suddenly at the other end of the lot.

Why the hell would you take a job loading heavy stuff if you don't want to load heavy stuff??

[Boozy]

I've never been to a Lowes before. Are they real keen on the self-service thing?

Because, really, there's got to be a limit as to how much you can expect a customer to do one their own.

[marasbaras]

That's why one should complain to management about lazy employees. Sure it takes longer ... but it ensures that the lazy employees get complained about a lot.

Are they real keen on the self-service thing?

For the most part, yes. But with large items, they definitely offer to help. At least, they're supposed to.

[greensinestro]

This reminds me of the time I bought my SUV at the Nissan dealer. The dealer sold me a Nissan XTerra without a spare tire, but said to come back the next day, and he would take care of it. So, I called him the next day and told him I would be there within the hour. It was nothing but a sorry list of excuses, such as "It's raining outside", or "I'm 57 years old and have a back problem", things of that nature. Thankfully, car dealers have a "reneg" policy within three days, meaning you can give them back their keys and wash your hands of them. The moment I threatened this, the car dealer was all worried to death about losing his precious sale. It turned into the manager of the dealership getting involved, who was 63 years old, and still in great shape to change a tire, let alone attach a spare tire underneath an SUV. Nice guy he was, he made sure I got that spare tire put on, and made the guy put it on himself (with a little help, but not much).

Sure, I can put a spare tire on the bottom of my vehicle, but why bother? It taught me a lesson that the next time I buy any vehicle, I will not be driving it off the lot without a spare tire.

[Andara Bledin]

So we're buying this new patio gazebo about two weeks ago,

I cannot think of gazebos without thinking of this.

^-.-^

[RecoveringKinkoid]

You know, I KNEW that damn thing was looking at me funny.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

Unfortunately, people like that end up staying there and continuing to pull that crap while management turns a blind eye, and the few good employees get canned because of being late or sick once in a blue moon. Just the sick sad way it goes.

What a little shit.

I know a Lowe's manager, and they know more than you think, they just have to have an iron clad case that someone completely and utterly sucks, and has been sucking for a long time before they can do anything.

also, as someone who has put a 150 pound trampoline in a 4 foot box(100 pounds in a 12 foot long box into a truck is easy, as you can simply put one end on the tailgate, then go back and pick up the other end, and slide it, making each time only weigh about 50 pounds) into an expedition by myself, I can call this guy a pussy. hell, most of the cashiers at my store could call this guy a pussy