I prefer to buy one or two things, start the project, realize I don’t understand the project, watch a couple more YouTube videos. Go back to the hardware store. Buy some things I had no idea I needed. Return to the project. Fuck something up. Go back to the hardware store to fix or replace my mistake.
You don’t need a cart when you spread it out into 3-4 trips.
Where is the crying
Shh, only in the truck when you are all alone. You can’t show weakness to the materials.
Spirit levels can smell fear.
So can drywall mud.
Drywall mud is nothing compared to tile grout. That shit knows you’re terrified the second you step in the store. It’s laughing at you while you stare at the various bags on the shelf, knowing that you will inevitably mix the wrong amount of water and end up with a thin-set mess and uneven floors. A grout float? Hah, good luck aspiring DIYer, the only floating you’ll be doing is in a bath of your own tears after you realize how much you hate tiling.
The trauma is real.
Crying is implied
This is how I ended up with too many smoke detectors, one of which was haunted.
Is there a nocontext community on Lemmy yet? This belongs there.
I think the extra smoke detector was just making noises because it felt left out.
Always plan for an extra hardware store trip. Always.
Are you me?
When I have to grab one of these all I feel is the looming dread of a lot of work to do.
Me too. Those things are impossible to steer with any precision.
Also the actual project…
The trick is too pull them not push
I’m actually aware of that, and do pull them, it was said in jest. Tongue in cheek sort of thing.
But thank you, all the same :)
I always gave up and picked them up with a reach truck when I worked at a competitor
People would stack 40ish 80 pound quikcrete bags and ditch it when they gave up moving them
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One time I’m loading up sheets of drywall and some kid comes up asking if I needed someone to do drywall. I said no. I went home and hung that shit myself. But I sure thought long and hard about it as I was dragging that cart out of the store.
And I envy everyone who is just buying cute little stuff like a flower or some wall decoration. Lucky bastards! :)
Picard bought FIVE LIGHTS.
One of the best episodes of TNG.
THERE! ARE! FOUR! LIGHTS!
My dad used to make get the cart for him so I’d grab these, then we’d roll up to the checkout with a 5 gal bucket and a tape measure or some shit 😁
I’m loading this bad boy up with all of the cutest plants
Why is this picture taken in an abandoned construction building or something?
This is the secret part of Home Depot they let dads into when they can tell you’ve got a serious project going.
its just the anazon wharhous in 1999
edit: wearhouse lol man never let your doctors give you topamax more like topaTard
Bro that topamax hitting lmao
wearhouse
Anazon
The real power move is to grab one of those contractor buckets and use it as a shopping basket. Because how else are you going to keep all those loose nuts and bolts from going everywhere?
Look at Mr. Money Bags buying the specialty loose nuts and bolts.
They’re like $2.50/bolt these days. God dam
It’s also ridiculous the markup on fasteners. I used to work in nuts and bolts and the going rate was like 90-97% markup on fasteners.
I do the revserse and try to put a dozen 2x4s and a couple small sheets of wood into a regular cart causing it to be difficult to maneuver through the aisles.
One time I went in with the intent to buy some big stuff. Ended up changing my mind but I needed gloves… So I had one of these but just a pair of gloves sitting on it lol
Or you’re about to do some Home Depot Surfing!
Either way…
Like we give a shit. I’m glad when my projects are under 100
How else are you going to show everyone you have wood?
Are these not kick scooters
I legit thought this meme was about buying one of these.
That’s the best part, they don’t even charge you for them! You can just take them!
LPT … push one of these around Home Depot to look like you know what you’re doing … even if you just came into the store to use the toilet.
