I have a new tagline for The Home Depot. Well, maybe it's not new. In fact, it borrows from an old Lay's Potato Chip slogan: "No One Can Eat Just One."
The Home Depot - Betcha Can't Go Just Once.
The task was simple. Install a new faucet in the bathroom. I've done this countless times and it's easy. (Unless you don't have all the parts you need.)
So I pull the old faucet and the sink basin is all corroded on the bottom and it's ready to go. So off to the Home Depot I go. I get a new sink and head back to the house.
Turns out the drain stem is 1 1/4" and the trap is 1 1/2". So back to the Home Depot I go. For a 99-cent washer.
Turns out the old trap is too short to reach the new drain stem. So back to the Home Depot I go. For a $1.99 length of pipe.
Turns out the new sink has no retention clips in the box. So back to the Home Dep- nah, fuck it. Everybody deal with it! I'm knocking off this gig to eat pistachio nuts and watch football.
Posted by THespos at December 13, 2004 02:01 PM | TrackBackDamn right. Welcome to my nightmare.
BTW, you've once again described another statue of Murphy's Law: any job you start will immediately require you start and finish another job before getting to the original project. And that new project will most likely itself require something done beforehand too. And so on...and so on.
Why do you think most football is on played weekends? It's a man's only refuge.
Posted by: James at December 13, 2004 11:37 PMTom Jr.,
For someone that was the "main man" in the Plumbing Dept. at Pergament many moons ago, one should recall how important it is to keep a couple of "finnegan pins" and "stenson valves" in with the "arbutus seeds" in your tool drawer.
Dad
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