• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    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.

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      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.

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        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. 

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              “family discount” as in “oh look the box has a tiny ding in it - guess this damaged stock and therefore I had better ring this up at cost plus”?

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                In fact, we have a quota for how much in discounts we’re supposed to give every month (but not for sales, although we have goals for that). It’s weird. As a specialist, I can mark down just about anything up to $50 off as long as it’s not more than 25% of the total price.

                For appliance sales, that typically amounts to the cost of our haul-away service for an old appliance or the vent kit and plug for a dryer.

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                  That’s interesting - thanks for explaining. I guess this is baked in, and designed so people feel like they are getting a great deal?

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              Family discount…do single people often buy appliances? And why would single people be better off than families for there to be a need for a family discount? Lol

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                “Family” as in members of the lgbtq+ family, not just people who have a family.

                I give plenty of discounts to other people, too.

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                … people who are single generally still have family members of one sort or another. Humans are generally not reproducing through parthenogenosis.

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                  10 months ago

                  True, but the birthday discount only happens on the customer’s birthday; not just because they have a birthday!

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                Kirk @otp@sh.itjust.works, crackers appliances are a family food, devices happy families. Maybe single people eat crackers buy appliances, we don’t know. Frankly, we don’t want to know.”

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    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

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      You can also find there lost asexuals that ware looking for a garlic bread bakery.

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      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?”

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      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.

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        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.

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    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.

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    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. 🤦

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      You missed such an obvious joke I don’t know if you’re trolling or need to get seen about being in the spectrum.

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      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

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        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!

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          Okay but are you legitimately made uncomfortable by the people around you at lowes or are you just trying to invert what I said because you don’t like it? I’m in these stores all the time due to my profession, and my experience is that there’s a big difference in which people frequent which store, and the attitudes they bring with them.

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    Haha yeah gay men and straight women are fucking useless for anything practical (collapses in drunken haze of hate)