44F and sunny @ 12:30, heading up to around 47F for the day's high. Ten Day looking pretty bleak: no highs above 43F after today + quite a few 30's, and plenty of low's in the 20's.
Woman and I made the run down to Menards last evening and pick up the order and the heater for the garage.
Goofy kid at the register when we went to pay for the heater.
On the previously placed order Menards indicated that I needed to pull the two 10' lengths of black pipe while they would pull the rest of the items. Had the kid at the plumbing desk call for someone to pull a heater (they keep them in back on pallet racks) and bring it up for us. Got that loaded onto the cart (along with some furnace filters and light bulbs) and headed to the register to pay.
Tried to explain to the young whippersnapper there that I only wanted to pay for the heater, filters, and bulbs and to skip the pipe ... since the pipe was part of an order I had already placed and it was designated as "Customer Picks" and once paid for the other stuff I would be going out through the back and Order Pickup would check the pipe out as part of the previously placed order.
Young kid promptly informs me "THAT'S NOT HOW THEY DO IT. ... HE HAS WORKED IN THE BACK AND HE
KNOWS"
Uh-huh, sure Skippy.
Well, then you might want to call Corporate and tell them to skip sending me the email that tells me I have to pull it.
So then he wants to see the email ... which of course I don't have on my phone. Nor do I have the printed paperwork ... because the printer crapped out just as I went to print it.
This prompts him to call over a young lady manager from Customer Service and he promptly scurries off to inform her of his take on the situation, just out of my hearing range.
So I walked over to the end of the checkout where they were and tried to explain the situation to her. She ended up totally befuddled as to what to do ...
About that time a 3rd (older thankfully) lady manager shows up and I explain the situation to her ... and she is like:
"Yeah ... what's the big deal ? ... just have him pay for the items he needs to pay for ... and then he's going out through the Order Pickup area in the back and they will handle the two pieces of pipe ..."
Well Duh.
I didn't say a word ... beyond thanking the kid for his "efforts" ... such as they were.
Was going to hit Eadies Fish House on the way home for dinner but they had closed early ... so we settled for Arby's which was decent ... but a poor substitute for Eadies.
Made it back home with no further difficulties.
Woman currently making green bean casserole and a couple of pies.
Big gathering over relatives at 15:00, expecting around 20 I believe.
Need to go get ready for that.
Hope everyone is having a Happy Thanksgiving !