1y ago

invasive species

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as a Home Depot employee, let it be known: at least in my store: don't assume dads and moms aren't LGBTQ+, as there's plenty of overlap, and everyone seems pretty much at home here. also, as an appliance specialist, i find it amusing that it's the same-sex couples who are usually only ones who actually enjoy shopping for appliances as the task (shopping for and later using) seems more equitably split between them. although, i have observed, lesbian couples tend to view is as a dull task and gay male couples tend to view it as "shopping," therefore "fun".
i automatically give all discernably queer couples a "family" discount that is within my discretion.
- seems more equitably split between them. although, i have observed, lesbian couples tend to view is as a dull task
  Was a bit surprised until that part. No way my moms shopping would seem like an equitable split between them. Granted, one of my moms is regularly assumed to be a guy (I've had my high school's front office tell me to go to a remote parking lot to see my "dad" before - had fun messing with my teacher by pointing out I don't have one as I left the classroom). So people might not even notice they are a lesbian couple and many probably assume she's a dad when with us. Home Depot has always been far closer.
  
  I do my best not to assume, and use gender neutral language, wherever possible. In my experience, same-sex couples are typically quite enthusiastic about telling me about their recent marriage, or even that they are a couple. I find it lovely.
- Tell me more about this family discount.
  
  ;)
- Discount Speed Queens for queens at your local Home Depot.
  
  Gay guys always go for the LGs and Samsungs. But Samsung makes shit appliances, so I steer them away from them.

Ace Hardware is where you find frustrated tenants who decided it would just be easier to fix the sink themselves rather than deal with the landlord
- You can also find there lost asexuals that ware looking for a garlic bread bakery.
- When I was renting that was me lol. Tbf, the reason I didn't want to deal with the landlord is because I didn't pay the pet fee...nor the "smoke jazz tobbaccy in the apartment" fee...
  "Look it'll be easier for me to just do it than to hide the cats and bongs ok?"
  
  I took have danced with the devil
- Yeah, that's pretty close to the reason for my last trip to Ace. Fucking slumlord. D:
- I had sparks flying out of my fixtures in one room from old water damage. After 2 days I just replaced them myself with $3 gfi switches and plugs and put an Arc fault breaker in.
  When I moved out I took the outlets and breaker with me. I didn't need them, but fuck those guys.
  
  I installed a ceiling fan in my apartment when I first moved in, and you bet your ass I'm uninstalling it and taking it with me when I move out. It's a nice ceiling fan.

Didn't the owner or CEO of lowes say some really homophobic shit a few years ago? I feel like they got the demos swapped. On the other hand, I like Lowes Lesbian as a term a lot more than butch.
- The founder of Home Depot was definitely involved in some garbage. If the Lowe’s CEO was, I missed it.
  
  Home Depot has been funding to abolish gay marriage, and even the controversial therapy bullshit.

lowesbians

Who is native to Harbor Freight?
- Engineers, farmers, or anyone else predisposed to do things themselves but not as theit main professional capacity.
- Mostly rednecks.
  
  Rednecks, Hispanic immigrants, and cheap asses (me).
- The poor.
  Seriously though, their prices aren't as good as they used to be. They're now mid-range Chinese products instead of absolute trash.
- Grandads.
  
  Yep, my dad buys Christmas presents for his four grandsons there.

I shop at Ace...

Back when it was just Tru-value, they had cohabitation ranges as well.

Naturalized

I can't believe we've reached the point in our society where we care about the sexuality or gender of people in Home Improvement stores. 🤦
- You missed such an obvious joke I don't know if you're trolling or need to get seen about being in the spectrum.
- Have you ever been in a home depot? The atmosphere is full of unresolved emotions, general frustration, and hatred disguised as jokes at your "friend's" expense. Of course it's the dad's home improvement store. And it fucking sucks
  
  Hmm let's flip this around and make it about Lowes and lesbians, and see how many people get pissed off:
  Have you ever been in a Lowe's? The atmosphere is full of leftover teen angst, the misplaced desire to prove oneself, and anger disguised as jokes at the straights expense. Of course it's the lesbians home improvement store. And it fucking sucks
  It's fun throwing stereotypes around, isn't it!

Haha yeah gay men and straight women are fucking useless for anything practical (collapses in drunken haze of hate)
- Not just gay men. Men without children can't do home improvement. This is common knowledge.
  
  Incorrect. Of all my male friends, the ones with kids are to ones that do the most simple DIY projects (handyman level stuff), but the childless ones are the ones that do the most complex projects (renovations, custom works, etc).
  EDIT: The useless gay man stereotype holds though. Looking at you Wes and Andy.
  
  Can confirm, am man without children.

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