OT: Another Reason I Shop At Lowe’s Instead Of Home Depot

Fred19Flintstone

Lowe’s had two locations in the Flint area and decided to close both last year.  Screw Lowe’s.  For bIg box home improvement stores, it’s Home Depot or Menards for us. 

northGAcock

Carolina Q said:

Other than service dogs, I don't think I've ever seen any animal in any store anywhere. It would never occur to me to bring mine, and certainly not to a grocery or restaurant.

Good on Lowe's for hiring the vet.

Q, reminds me of a funny story (to me) a while back. My boys (college) we’re playing an 11:00am game on New Year’s Day (back when we didn’t suck like lately)....and I went to the CVS for something....cause it was open. At any rate, I had a Jeep at the time with zip up windows, and was lazy and left it down. My pup dog was in the back of the Jeep. I was in the back corner of the store. He apparently jumped out, the front door opened for him automatically....and he comes trotting down the isle like he was suppose to be there. Fortunately I was the only customer in the store.....but it was funny to see him just on a stroll through the store. 

TEXASBGE2018

My buddy and I stopped into a strip mall the other day to grab some Chipotle for lunch. There is a Subway next door. As we got back in the car to leave another car pulled in next to us. Out popped a younger couple with a pit bull puppy. They just casually walked in the Subway with the dog. Bottom line is that most people don't give a S about other people nowadays. Ya that's what I want to see in the place I'm eating my sandwich. A freakin puppy dropping a deuce. Everytime I see someone with what is clearly NOT a service dog strolling in a retail or food establishment I just shake my head and walk away. Otherwise I might say something "offensive" like calling them a dumb@ss. Service Dogs are A OK with me. But not Nanna with her ugly (INSERT DOG BREED HERE) with the knit sweater.

xfire_ATX

fishlessman said:

wish i could, its over 40 years ago and theres not much online of even the old market.  with google all i found was the pharmacy next door. last old soda fountain ive ever seen

Still have one in Austin- only one I have ever seen

HeavyG

I guess a three year old newspaper article must have popped up and making the rounds again on someone's Facebook page.

I know Home Depot also has special programs/incentives and goes to great lengths to hire veterans so I fail to see how the two chains are really different in that regard.

mEGG_My_Day

When my dog was being trained to be a therapy dog one of the training locations was Lowe’s.  She is a therapy dog, not a service animal, so she is just trained to give comfort and make folks happy.  Lowe’s provides a great public service for allowing training at their facility here. One of thing things that really annoys me are people who buy the fake service vests off the Internet and take their untrained dogs wherever.  It is especially annoying when you actually see the time and effort to get these animals trained and tested (well over a year in our case)

And good for Lowe’s hiring the Vet and his dog!! 

nolaegghead

I hear they serve dogs at many restaurants in China and Vietnam, to this day!

alaskanassasin

I wouldnt feed subway to my dog.

odie91

Cool story, but the employees at Lowe's are so unprofessional, lazy, and clueless.  (Chicago metropolitan stores).  Cant stand shopping there

DoubleEgger

HeavyG said:

I know Home Depot also has special programs/incentives and goes to great lengths to hire veterans so I fail to see how the two chains are really different in that regard.

^ truth. Both are fantastic in that regard. 

caliking

odie91 said:

Cool story, but the employees at Lowe's are so unprofessional, lazy, and clueless.  (Chicago metropolitan stores).  Cant stand shopping there

Must be a Chicago thing. Lowe’s employees (multiple stores) have consistently outperformed HD’s here, and when we lived in Iowa

Botch

nolaegghead said:

I hear they serve dogs at many restaurants in China and Vietnam, to this day!

My favorite cookbook of all time, How to Wok Your Dog, is falling apart at the seams.  

YukonRon

But, the birds that fly around inside these massive wharehouse hardware stores, which leave droppings everywhere, also providing the threat of histoplasmosis, is acceptable?

However a pet on a leash, in a store that welcomes them, is not?

I like my dog much more than most people I have met, and the comments on this post not only confirms and substantiates my conclusions, it has added more to the list.

I often feel that the man bun is pulled much too tight these days.

Sorry for your hatred towards the dogs, when you need to be focused on their owners.

HeavyG

In my experience while out shopping, ill-behaved children are a far larger problem than the occasional doggo.

milesvdustin

Someone always has to bring up the histoplasmosis 

Lit

@YukonRon there is a sign on the door that says no dogs. It’s  obvious from this thread that plenty of people agree they don’t want dogs there so why do these people bring their dogs? 

Yno

Kids on leashes, dogs run free. I have seen a lot more problems with kids than dogs. well behaved dogs are more common than well behaved kids, and I blame the parents.

Legume

Sometimes I glug a tablespoon or so of this in my dog’s breakfast when his skin and coat looks dry and he’s anxious to be seen in public.

alaskanassasin

Lit said:

@YukonRon there is a sign on the door that says no dogs. It’s  obvious from this thread that plenty of people agree they don’t want dogs there so why do these people bring their dogs? 

 The lady in the paint department “I love to give doggy massages”.

  It is a hardware store!  Most good hardware stores have a cat laying on the counter or old dog sleeping in the corner. 

 I assume the circle/dog sign is intended for liability. 

Lit

alaskanassasin said:

Lit said:

@YukonRon there is a sign on the door that says no dogs. It’s  obvious from this thread that plenty of people agree they don’t want dogs there so why do these people bring their dogs? 

 The lady in the paint department “I love to give doggy massages”.

  It is a hardware store!  Most good hardware stores have a cat laying on the counter or old dog sleeping in the corner. 

 I assume the circle/dog sign is intended for liability. 

She should be fired for not doing her job and asking you to take the dog outside. Why do people feel the need to take their dogs shopping with them? So much entitlement. 

Lit

Yno said:

Kids on leashes, dogs run free. I have seen a lot more problems with kids than dogs. well behaved dogs are more common than well behaved kids, and I blame the parents.

Yeah look at all the stories you see about children biting people. Seems like a huge problem. 

DoubleEgger

Lit said:

Yno said:

Kids on leashes, dogs run free. I have seen a lot more problems with kids than dogs. well behaved dogs are more common than well behaved kids, and I blame the parents.

Yeah look at all the stories you see about children biting people. Seems like a huge problem. 

Are we headed towards pit bulls? 

fishlessman

stay out of the walmart

Ohio: Naked man on crystal meth bites 28 people in a Walmart Store

YEMTrey

"Come to Butthead!"

saluki2007

alaskanassasin

Perhaps people who bring dogs into hardware stores are not the issue...?

SemolinaPilchard

fishlessman said:

stay out of the walmart

Ohio: Naked man on crystal meth bites 28 people in a Walmart Store

I would imagine he has lousy depth perception.

saluki2007

Fred19Flintstone

TEXASBGE2018

Lit said:

Yno said:

Kids on leashes, dogs run free. I have seen a lot more problems with kids than dogs. well behaved dogs are more common than well behaved kids, and I blame the parents.

Yeah look at all the stories you see about children biting people. Seems like a huge problem. 

Maybe all of us with kids should leave them in the crate at home at least according to some of these yahoos...