| Gridlock | 12-02-2011 08:41 PM |
My personal rant...Home Depot.
Here's the deal. If you don't know what I'm trying to do, and are just going to read the box to me, then go away. I can fucking read. I get that the vast majority of their customers are the ones that want to reno their bathrooms, have no clue what they are doing, and think it takes 30 minutes just like tv.
I'm there.
I go in tonight with a special need. The closet flange(hint number one...I called it by the right name) is centered on 11 inches from the wall. The toilets all call for the standard 12 inch flange. So the guy comes and asks if I need help...tell him the scenario. He tells me, yeah, you may have to go special order on one made for a 10 inch flange, these all need 12.
Ok.
I have that one sitting on a flange that is 11 inches from the wall in my laundry room, with a little space to spare. What I need to know is if you have one that is even shorter than that so I don't need to go that close. Tenant moving in tomorrow. They may want to pee.
"well, yeah that one that you already used looks pretty short"
OK. I'll go with that one, as I already know it stands a chance of working, as opposed to others that just may work. Next..there is a stupid ledge off the vanity that goes behind the toilet. A real pain in the ass. Fuck you 1980's design.
"What is the installed height on this thing?" More reading of the box. Well, seeing as the flange measurement was bullshit, I ask if its accurate.
"Oh yeah."
So I climb up on the display and check...and its 3/4" higher. Thankfully is was still within tolerance, but that 3/4" could be the difference between happy bowel movements and me crying in a shitty apartment at 9pm. If you don't know, or you are going to read the box...just say you don't know. But lets take it out and look.
Oh, and I don't want your fucking credit card. Stop asking.
Wow. I feel so much better :) | 