Home Depot Makes Me Want to Slit My Wrists*

If you plan on going to Home Depot (I'm not even going to get started on Lowe's), and you plan on actually purchasing anything that is more difficult to find than a hammer, I advise you to put aside at least three hours of your day to do so. I'm not going to get into details about what our nightmare experience has been with Home Depot and ordering shit for our bathroom, but there was a point in the whole dealings that John actually said "If she doesn't get things straightened out, I'm going to kick her in the snatch". The "she" he was talking about was a lovely woman who did all of our special ordering for us, which included the bathtub, the vanity base (which cost an extra $100 for delivery, even though it was only getting delivered to the store, and not to our actual home! ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS! Am I insane, or do you not sell this item?? If you sell this item, why am I paying for it to be delivered to YOUR STORE?? whatever) faucets, light fixtures, and a few other things. Well, the day after we had spent three hours with the lovely woman while she figured out how the computer system worked for special orders, she called us to let us know that the order hadn't gone through, and that we would have to return with our receipt for things to get straightened out. I'm not going to get into the profanities that went back and forth between John and I about incompetence and not making the drive back to the store for their mistake and how, if we had paid for these items, how did they not actually get ordered, etc. This whole bathroom remodel is one continuous nightmare. A very expensive, time consuming, move delaying nightmare. The only good thing about this bathroom is that a brilliant craftsman is installing it. (props to BuilderDan). He's saving us an assload of money, and he is the best of the best at his craft. Now I lost my train of thought. Poop.
Oh... I was talking about the lovely woman. Four days after finally getting the whole ordering situation resolved, we get a letter in the mail, and it's a brochure/invitation to join her church (of which her son is head pastor). Now, call me crazy (again), but is that not solicitation through the theft of our address? SHE WANTED US TO JOIN HER CHURCH. SHE GOT OUR ADDRESS THROUGH THE HOME DEPOT SPECIAL ORDER WE PLACED. I mean, granted... John and I are heathens. I can't deny that. I'm certain that we put out "we need churchin' " vibes pretty strongly. But, seriously. SERIOUSLY. We're not heathenish enough to report her and risk getting her reprimanded or possibly fired from her job, granted. Like I said... she was a "lovely woman". I mean... anyone that cares that much about my soul's salvation can't be all bad, right?

I can't concentrate anymore. The USC/Ohio State game is on.





*(I'm generalizing my opinion of Home Depot based solely on the employees which we came in contact with, and I realize that there are many very competent Home Depot employees who do their jobs professionally and with great knowledge, I just have yet to interact with one)