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Newps wrote:
Are you kidding? At least around here Home Depot and Lowe's hires plumbers for the plumbing department and electricians for the electrical and lighting departments, etc. Go to the Mom and Pop shops like Ace and Hardware Hank and if you don't get the owner you'll get some high school kid and you'll be lucky if he knows where the plumbing aisle is. If I know what I want I'll go to Ace, because it's closer. And I'll pay more by the way. If I need help I'll stick with Lowe's and HD. I brought up HD because I used to work for their ad dept. You've seen Homer? I used to draw him. I have stock in HD and appreciate every dime you spend there, thank you. HD and Lowes will hire ex-contractors if at all possible, but it isn't possible in every market, for a variety of reasons. The number of pros they need to staff the stores isn't always available. I brought up this issue long ago and was pooh-poohed by management. They have since found out the reality. The stores in my area, here in Atlanta, _home_ of HD, were more often than not, staffed by some part-time high school kid. Part lack of qualified pros, part deliberate attempt to keep down salaries and have a work force that was willing to work all hours. Try to staff a store with pros 24 hours. Ace and Harware Hank are chains and not what I mean by mom and pop stores. I mean the _real_ no name stores. -- Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino "Cartoons with a Touch of Magic" http://www.wizardofdraws.com http://www.cartoonclipart.com |
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