Late this afternoon I got a project dumped on me the requires 25' of single conductor #8 wire. (Dewatering during a HUGE snowmelt.)
Nearest "after hours" source for instant pickup/having it tonight was a big-box store which I ain't gonna name 120 miles away.
I had some other things I needed in that town so I drove there this evening, and darned near didn't get my wire because the (IDIOT) in the photo hadn't been trained to operate the big rotating floor-to-ceiling wire rack. We could see the wire I needed but he didn't know how to operate the child-proof controls to bring the wire down a few feet so he could hack a chunk off.
He called the office for help and 20 minutes and three more clueless guys later someone showed up that knew how the operate the gadget and get the wire I needed down to our level.
As a society, we've outsmarted ourselves, IMHO!
Nearest "after hours" source for instant pickup/having it tonight was a big-box store which I ain't gonna name 120 miles away.
I had some other things I needed in that town so I drove there this evening, and darned near didn't get my wire because the (IDIOT) in the photo hadn't been trained to operate the big rotating floor-to-ceiling wire rack. We could see the wire I needed but he didn't know how to operate the child-proof controls to bring the wire down a few feet so he could hack a chunk off.
He called the office for help and 20 minutes and three more clueless guys later someone showed up that knew how the operate the gadget and get the wire I needed down to our level.
As a society, we've outsmarted ourselves, IMHO!