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We have a deck project planned…..

That’s a story all by itself…but THIS story is about getting ready for that next story…..

Decks need wood and other stuff………….that’s a given…..

…..bags of cement…joist hangers…lag bolts…post…levels…chalk…curse words…and wood…..

…..lots of wood…..

Two by four’s…two by six’s…deck panels…all in varying lengths…and we went to pick them up from our local/friendly Home Depot store…..

Thirty-nine boards…total…along with other accoutrements…..

…..that’s a lot of wood…and that was to be added to the wood that had already been delivered and stacked…..

We forgot our work gloves (again)…we got lots of splinters (again)…..

Now you need to know ahead of time………….

…..that I am going to be a tad critical of the wading-pool intellect (but not the corresponding egos) of the Home Depot store attendants who were assigned to load our truck…..

…..there was no discussion…(even though multiple suggestions were given by the truck owner)…..

One attendant fled…right out of the gate…never to be seen again…..

While the remaining two did their own thing…even though my older daughter and I tried & failed to tell them how we wanted the lumber loaded…..

…..and then…..

…..in a whirling dust cloud…..

…..they were gone too…..

The thirty-nine sixteen foot boards were loaded…but the dumb-ass “helper” didn’t latch the tailgate completely…..

…..And There In Lies The Rub…..

*************Here’s a Key Lesson*************

*Don’t Assume That A Building Supply Store Employee Knows More Than You Do*

We got home safely…(with my older daughter’s very careful driving)…and that’s the main thing…..

Plus…we were able to safely unload and stack all the boards…(with our work gloves on)…..

*************BUT***************

But maybe…Just Maybe…because a man is wearing an orange Home Depot apron…it doesn’t mean he should be put in charge…..

Maybe…Just Maybe…at almost seventy years old…I should’ve put the brakes on…and refused to leave…until my instructions were listened to…..

Even the plastic bag attachment was something I put on…No Yellow Tape…or Red Flag were supplied by Home Depot…..

BUT…the up-coming/necessary truck repair and body work(?)…..

Well…that’s all mine………….(we can’t even get the tailgate down)…..

…..So…See…..

…..you’re never too old to learn…..

And…I deserve my own orange apron…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

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