Yeah, my wife and I have been in these situations and she says with a rather snide tone, "don't ask me, I'm not buy ing the stuff." Pretty much telling the person hey idiot, he's asking the questions not me, so pay attention.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 1:55 AM, Robert Riddle wrote: > Oh yeah, I get things like that all the time. Try this. > This spring we went to our local hardware store. I was looking to > buy some nails and wire cutters. The sales clerk insisted on talking > to my partner rather than to me. Like "What sort of nails is he > looking for?" I was like, I'm standing right here, idiot, she > doesn't know nothing about tools, don't ask her, lol. And the clerk > was looking at me as with this funky expression, like what the hell > does a blind man want with nails and wire cutters and hammers? God I > hate people like that. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Vos > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:53 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people > > Friends of the order of the Nailing Apron, > You've probably had experiences similar to mine when I visited Menards > yesterday. We picked up supplies to upgrade the kitchen. With the new > furnace the chimney is no longer in use. By taking it out I can adde > 24 > inches of upper and lower cabinets and countertop. Then we'll > upgrade to > new lights, and llay new vinyl flooring. > So I needed some screws. It's hard for even my wife the find the > ones I > want (3 inch, all purpose with a square drive). So I stood in the > screw > aisle while she went to fetch a sales person. When he came up to me > I asked > him for the xcrews I wanted, and he responded rather rudely, "You're > looking > at them." > So I lifted up my white cane and said, "I'm sorry , sir, I can't see > them." > Even then he didn't get it. Not until my wife said, "That's why he > carries > a white cane." > Suddenly the young man became very nice and very helpfully pulled the > screws off the shelf and then located the ring shank nails I need > for the > underlayment. "Anything else I can help you with?" > We went on without him, and did find another store employee who was > very > helpful in helping us locate the underlayment, plywood and masonite we > needed. > Twice, on previous visits to Menards I have had sales clerks ask if > I needed > to check my white cane. Perhaps it looks a bit like PVC. I told them > I had > already paid for it. > What shopping stories do you have? > Blessings, > Tom > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
