So I'm at the shall remain unnamed parts supply chain, and as usual some clueless employed retard asks "Can I help you"?
My first correct thought of course is "Not likely".
Explaining I want a 2mm o-ring and holding up my nearly touching fingers in the doof's face, and repeating several times as the blank drooling stare assumes it's fully horrifying implications, a point and a clip to the back wall yields a small handed to me with 8 or 10 near inch around o-rings with the phrase "Will those do" ?
"I said 2 millimeters."
"Uhhhh, oh lets see, uhh... hmmm..."
( At this point I just want squatting fat*** out of the way, I'm already getting that acid drip feeling )
So comes next the parts exchange, as mr. helpful thrusts another box at me...
Okay, there's 15 different sizes in here, one looks at least close, so I need 4 of those...
"How much is this" I ask as I look toward the hanging goodies noting most pegs only have one item hung on them.
" Oh.. uhh..." ( his finger flits around, he's unable to find the spot he took it from ...)
"So you'll only have one anyway I need four of them". I hand him the box back.
"Hey I have some behind the counter", he says, being the helpful person he is, something he forgot to say as we passed by that on the way to the back wall. So back to the counter, but there's a problem... no counter space, so as doofy has the loose o-rings container in his hands looking around distraught, I move the keyboard so he has a place to set them down.
Open comes the lid, and as the groping ape drags out bags and singles looking at them, I point out the size chart on the inner upright lid.
"Here, here is 2mm 3mm and 5mm. Right here." ( only several 5mm remain in that tray spot, I can see) " Okay, they're sold out".
Apparently still eager to do good, the employee starts moving o-rings from the upper left into the 2mm 3mm 5mm tray spot. I point at the lid again and tell him those are standard inch o-rings and he's mixing them up with the mm size . Thankfully oaf catches on and puts them back.
"So, you had better order some more of those small mm o-rings" I say as I'm heading for the door... and what do I hear.... what do I hear...?
"Oh, we don't sell many of those."
I swear.
I am not typing out the all too similar experience at the next door competing chain.
No, you cannot help me, at this point, no one can.
