Home Hardware rocks.
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daIf Home Hardware made a commercial out of my recent trip, they wouldn't be unhappy, I think.
5:05: we realize we need a few things from the hardware store, including, if they have it, a wood citrus-reamer to replace the one that's gone AWOL.
5:15: I call, they're open to 5:30.
5:20: I get there (Park Street store, for locals). I walk to the shower faucets aisle. An employee asks if I need help. I tell her what I need. She takes me to the next aisle and hands me both items I asked for.
5:22: I go over to the housewares section, look around a bit for the citrus reamer, don't see it. An employee asks if I need help. She shows me the most likely aisle, making chit-chat. She helps me look and we find a glass reamer, which isn't what Dan asked for, so I'm not buying it. Oh well, long shot anyway. A bit more chit-chat, as we both head back to the front.
5:25, I'm just about to pay for my stuff, and the same employee comes up and says "Is this what you were looking for?" Sure enough, a wood citrus-reamer, just like the one we lost.
5:32, I'm home again, with: 40kg water-softener salt, batteries, a faucet shut-off valve, pipe tape, and a citrus reamer. Mission accomplished.
The thing I like most about this particular Home Hardware is the size of the store, even though they just doubled in size and added tons of housewares. It's human-scale, not warehouse sized like Home Despot. Also the employees are quite helpful, especially if you hit a non-busy time.
Dan is convinced I'm having an affair with one or more of the Home Hardware employees, since I go there not-infrequently. But I don't, really. Once a month tops. Well, maybe twice a month. Tops. Really.
5:05: we realize we need a few things from the hardware store, including, if they have it, a wood citrus-reamer to replace the one that's gone AWOL.
5:15: I call, they're open to 5:30.
5:20: I get there (Park Street store, for locals). I walk to the shower faucets aisle. An employee asks if I need help. I tell her what I need. She takes me to the next aisle and hands me both items I asked for.
5:22: I go over to the housewares section, look around a bit for the citrus reamer, don't see it. An employee asks if I need help. She shows me the most likely aisle, making chit-chat. She helps me look and we find a glass reamer, which isn't what Dan asked for, so I'm not buying it. Oh well, long shot anyway. A bit more chit-chat, as we both head back to the front.
5:25, I'm just about to pay for my stuff, and the same employee comes up and says "Is this what you were looking for?" Sure enough, a wood citrus-reamer, just like the one we lost.
5:32, I'm home again, with: 40kg water-softener salt, batteries, a faucet shut-off valve, pipe tape, and a citrus reamer. Mission accomplished.
The thing I like most about this particular Home Hardware is the size of the store, even though they just doubled in size and added tons of housewares. It's human-scale, not warehouse sized like Home Despot. Also the employees are quite helpful, especially if you hit a non-busy time.
Dan is convinced I'm having an affair with one or more of the Home Hardware employees, since I go there not-infrequently. But I don't, really. Once a month tops. Well, maybe twice a month. Tops. Really.
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Date: Sunday, 6 August 2006 12:24 am (UTC)I will never be able to go out in public again!
[Oh, the shame! The embarrassment!]
I should note that he always comes home with a familiar satisfied look on his face after his visits to Home Hardware.
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Date: Sunday, 6 August 2006 02:42 pm (UTC)BeaverHome Hardware, mostly hauling lumber around in dangerous levels of heat and humidity. It's a pretty nice place, as is the HH on King St. I'd characterise the behaviour of the staff as "they treat you like neighbours [should]".no subject
Date: Sunday, 6 August 2006 09:25 pm (UTC)I'm always impressed with the people who can keep going in the heat of summer in the lumber (barn? shed? yard? I'll call it yard, even though it's covered).