New Suxs Thread

[E-Beth]

Going to the hardware store. I'm female. I've been in and out of hardware stores, lumber stores, automotive parts stores all my life. I use power tools. I LOATHE the "poor little woman doesn't know her own mind" crap. I usually don't get handed that, but then there are days like today.

I need 18 brass wood screws. 2 x 3/4, round head, slotted. This is for a doll project but I'm ranting about the hardware so I'll post here.

In my world, a round head screw is one that sticks out above the surface it is screwed into. A flat head is one that can be countersunk into the wood so it does not stick up. Sometime the top is also domed a little bit.
A slotted head takes a plain old 'normal' screwdriver, what my geeky husband calls a "minus" driver. Sometimes called a flat head. Which gets confusing, you see.
A Phillips head takes a Phillips screw driver, a "plus" driver.

My favorite hardware store couldn't help me. But they knew right away what I wanted.

On to the emergency back up only-if-I-have-to store.
In I go, waving my example of a round head, PHILLIPS screw that is not quite what I want but in the ballpark.

The dude shows me the wrong thing.
Me: "I that's not what I want, I don't want a phillips head."
Dude: "Why not"
Me: "I want a slotted head"
He shows me a phillips with a countersink head.
Me: "Not what I want." I continue, in the tone of voice reserved for idiots, annoying children, and cats: "I do not want a Phillips head."
Dude: "Why not".
I would never convince my husband of this, but I was getting a full on dose of the "little woman doesn't know what she really wants" vibe. There are several responses possible at this point. "Because" is the most terse and possibly the most satisfying. "Because I want a slotted head" has already failed. "Because the bookcase I'm making a 1/3 scale model of was put together 70 years ago by my grandfather and he used slotted screws" is too long to waste on this guy.
So I fall back on the classic silent: turning around and starting to leave.
Dude: "Why are you leaving?"
Me: in my best icy tone, teeth gritted, growling, aggravated female approach-with-caution-if-at-all tone of voice "Because you are NOT LISTENING!"

[kenaiqueen]

EBeth...I admire your restraint. I would have stabbed him with the nearest pointy object of which there are plenty in a hardware store. Hope you can find what you want someplace else!

My rant today...only a couple of hours of sleep after a night of menopause-induced insomnia and a child who needed a ride to get his car from the bar way too early this morning. I do thank God he had the sense to ride home with a DD instead of trying to drive himself. I need a nap already.

[E-Beth]

EBeth...I admire your restraint.... Hope you can find what you want someplace else! ...
My rant today...only a couple of hours of sleep after a night of menopause-induced insomnia...

Called the hardware in the next town over (oldest AND COOLEST hardware west of the mississippi) and they have what I want. Will go tomorrow.

Menopause - oh I hear you. Stupid hot flashes - only last 30 seconds or so but are like being stuck headfirst in a bucket of hot sand.

[Kirahfaye]

At the risk of completely grossing out the guys on the forum, menopause for me has been a cakewalk compared to what I was expecting. My mom suffered through 10 years of a horrible meno experience and I was afraid that would happen to me. No hot flashes, no lengthy visits from my "friend", no wild mood swings (not that I haven't experienced mood swings mind you - just ask my husband). Now if I could just find my energy again, lose this excess weight and remember where I left my memory .....

[absynthe1972]

Heh...I had the menopause induced insomnia which woke me up at 2:00 this morning starting with night sweats. I was almost over this horrible detail of night sweats and hot flashes (which can last up to a 1/2 hour) until the doc put me on steroids. *shudders* I've not had more than three hours of sleep a night since before Halloween.

Although the not so sucky thing is that my son does NOT have the flu. YAY! That's the only reason why I'm still awake as I had to drive him to the doctor.

[Alopecia No Hime]

He's dead...My betta is dead!

[mica]

Well, this blizzard has me stranded for what looks like a few days to come.
Sorry about your fishy Alopecia...

[Alopecia No Hime]

Thanks Mica..

[DollyKim]

Ended up cutting up a project to make sure it's really "ruined" and the fabric and supplies were "wasted". #@$! interfacing and fabric box, the sewing machine won't zig zag, can't get anyone to help me with it because they're being childish a$$holes. I will get past it, just not getting any support here.

And that kids is why I don't do clothing commissions because I don't have a useful sewing machine and everyone I touch makes bird's nests with the bobbin. Please don't make suggestions how to fix that because the smother who took the machine apart to clean it and had left over parts already knows everything I do wrong with my sewing.

[Linteia]

So... just got a call from my step-mom. They're taking my son to the emergency room for an ear infection (which I seriously doubt he has) and our insurance has lapsed. F*%#ing fantastic.