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

nolaegghead

milesvdustin said:

Someone always has to bring up the histoplasmosis 

That is why I don't go outside, ever.  I'm SKEERD!

stlcharcoal

alaskanassasin said:

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

A pic from our local hardware store......132 year old building, and 145 year old business.  Overnight, this guy like Jack the Ripper on the mice.



  

smokingal

stlcharcoal said:

alaskanassasin said:

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

A pic from our local hardware store......132 year old building, and 145 year old business.  Overnight, this guy like Jack the Ripper on the mice.



  

Gotta love the little fluffs.     I like the cat's taste in lump charcoal as well.

northGAcock

Mine out protecting the bird feeder from the squirrels. Walked out and there was two in the feeder. #fiIgiveup

nolaegghead

I mostly shop at Home Despot, but if I didn't have to fight a lot of terrible traffic, I would go to Lowes.

mEGG_My_Day

Mine bringing cheer to a hospital patient- actually this is my wife in the hospital a few years back.  We aren’t allowed to post pics of the patients and children our dog works with. I had permission in this case. 

Botch

stlcharcoal said:
A pic from our local hardware store......132 year old building, and 145 year old business.  Overnight, this guy like Jack the Ripper on the mice.

  

I'd go to Lowe's to refill the kids' sandbox, however.  

Lit

mEGG_My_Day said:

Mine bringing cheer to a hospital patient- actually this is my wife in the hospital a few years back.  We aren’t allowed to post pics of the patients and children our dog works with. I had permission in this case. 

How in the world is this allowed? Dogs should never be allowed in a hospital that’s gross. 

Legume

Ah, I think a germaphobe has just self-identified.

Lit

Legume said:

Ah, I think a germaphobe has just self-identified.

Cause I don’t think dogs should be allowed in hospital beds? Where are you from where that is ok? 

Legume

Comfort and therapy dogs are a thing.  It’s not any dog brought in by anyone.  It’s controlled and can have a great impact on the mental state of the patient.

northGAcock

Legume said:

Comfort and therapy dogs are a thing.  It’s not any dog brought in by anyone.  It’s controlled and can have a great impact on the mental state of the patient.

There were quite a few that were brought into my moms senior living facility for the therapeutic purposes...the folks on her hall loved them.

alaskanassasin

northGAcock said:

Legume said:

Comfort and therapy dogs are a thing.  It’s not any dog brought in by anyone.  It’s controlled and can have a great impact on the mental state of the patient.

There were quite a few that were brought into my moms senior living facility for the therapeutic purposes...the folks on her hall loved them.

We’s to bring our dog in like that for a while but it seemed like the staff enjoyed it more than the patients

saluki2007

Lit said:

Legume said:

Ah, I think a germaphobe has just self-identified.

Cause I don’t think dogs should be allowed in hospital beds? Where are you from where that is ok? 

You do realize that a dog is probably one of the cleanest things that gets on hospital bed right?

mEGG_My_Day

Lit said:

mEGG_My_Day said:

Mine bringing cheer to a hospital patient- actually this is my wife in the hospital a few years back.  We aren’t allowed to post pics of the patients and children our dog works with. I had permission in this case. 

How in the world is this allowed? Dogs should never be allowed in a hospital that’s gross. 

I'm really not into arguing on the internet.  But I will tell you these therapy dogs provide a valuable service to patients.  The benefits obviously outweigh the "gross factor".  For instance, patients who need to exercise their arms and are reluctant to do so because of pain, will ignore the pain to pet or brush a dog.  This is often done with burn patients who have skin grafts.  And anxiety and blood pressure tend to go down in the process.

Our dog (Bessie) will be going to West Clinic this week to visit folks getting chemo.  Imagine sitting in a chair for hours hooked up to an IV and bored to death.  Then a therapy dog comes by and gently sidles next to you.  It is an emotional game changer.  I have seen it.

Think of the child with cancer sitting in a bed at Saint Jude's Hospital for months on end missing his/her dog at home.  Then a therapy dog visits and gives them an hour of joy and a distraction from needles and IV's and cuffs, etc.

I doubt I will change anyone's mind, and frankly, I don't care.  All I know is the service that my wife and dog, along with their colleagues at West Tennessee Therapy Dogs provide to those suffering is immeasurable. And that service is greatly appreciated by patients, doctors, nurses, and the patients families.

Here are a few articles of local Memphis therapy dog work if you care to read.

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/34357747/golden-retriever-helps-le-bonheur-patient-walk-again/

https://www.methodisthealth.org/newsroom/news-article/therapy-dog-is-the-perfect-prescription/

Lit

That’s great if people want it and it makes them feel better but I would prefer to be in a room that hasn’t had a dog up on the bed before. I guess I’m a germaphobe. 

Botch

^^^ thanks for that writeup, @mEGG_My_Day; I learned a few things!  

saluki2007

Lit said:

That’s great if people want it and it makes them feel better but I would prefer to be in a room that hasn’t had a dog up on the bed before. I guess I’m a germaphobe. 

You should probably never goto a hospital then.  Actual humans sh!t the bed there...

saluki2007

Oh and hotel beds....they film those dirty adult movies in them sometimes...so I've heard.

TEXASBGE2018

saluki2007 said:

Oh and hotel beds....they film those dirty adult movies in them sometimes...so I've heard.

If the chick was hot I'm fine with it.

Lit

saluki2007 said:

Lit said:

That’s great if people want it and it makes them feel better but I would prefer to be in a room that hasn’t had a dog up on the bed before. I guess I’m a germaphobe. 

You should probably never goto a hospital then.  Actual humans sh!t the bed there...

That’s bad enough now theres dog there too. 

caliking

saluki2007 said:

Lit said:

That’s great if people want it and it makes them feel better but I would prefer to be in a room that hasn’t had a dog up on the bed before. I guess I’m a germaphobe. 

You should probably never goto a hospital then.  Actual humans sh!t the bed there...

Body fluids. Don't forget the body fluids - pus, blood, urine. All kinds of infectious cooties too. Better bring your own bed and bedding (at least), if you're worried about a dog having been on the bed. Pets are sometimes cleaner than the patients. 

DoubleEgger

Nice hat @mEGG_My_Day

THWG 

Acn

I think there is a vast difference between a legitimate therapy dog/service dog and a dog coming into a store because somebody just wanted to bring their dog while they ran errands.

One fills a specific and valuable role and has been trained to have appropriate and predictable responses when it is in a strange location surrounded by many strangers, and one isn’t.  A discussion throwing both of those scenarios into a single “Dogs in public” issue is one of the dumber things I’ve seen here.

Going back to the OP, good on Lowe’s.  But I’ve got to think of they guy was being denied positions because he required a service dog, that would be a slam dunk EEOC complaint.

Acn

caliking said:

saluki2007 said:

Lit said:

That’s great if people want it and it makes them feel better but I would prefer to be in a room that hasn’t had a dog up on the bed before. I guess I’m a germaphobe. 

You should probably never goto a hospital then.  Actual humans sh!t the bed there...

Body fluids. Don't forget the body fluids - pus, blood, urine. All kinds of infectious cooties too. Better bring your own bed and bedding (at least), if you're worried about a dog having been on the bed. Pets are sometimes cleaner than the patients. 

I was going to say this.  If you’re so worried that a hospital has such lax hygiene standards, the previous human occupants of that room and whatever diseases they had should be a MUCH larger concern than a dog.

HeavyG

Lit said:

That’s great if people want it and it makes them feel better but I would prefer to be in a room that hasn’t had a dog up on the bed before. I guess I’m a germaphobe. 

Being a germaphobe you'll probably want to avoid doctors like those mentioned above.

I think a dog pooped on the eggplant also.

Actual link to the article (which is a good read) since the above is  screenshot  - https://bit.ly/2vV0yh2

YukonRon

I mentioned in @DoubleEgger post on Olive oil, about my experiences during brief stays in Europe regarding dogs in public places.

I am not aware of any of the rules regarding this, meaning that to me they are unknown, and not meaning that they do not exist.

That said, in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, as well as others, it was fairly common to see dogs in the restaurants, lying at their owner's feet. (Not on the menu).

There were no signs posted, communicating bans or welcomes, it just seemed like a natural event.

I will also add, these were not fast food joints, and the restaurants all enjoyed a very fine reputation, including recognitions such as multie diamond winners.

There must be something about an oversized hardware warehouse stores that turns dogs into filthy, disease bearing, horrible creatures.

To the germaphobes how can you stand touching anything that has been touched and rummaged through by others you do not know, on the shelves of such a pristine environment?

Lit

YukonRon said:

I mentioned in @DoubleEgger post on Olive oil, about my experiences during brief stays in Europe regarding dogs in public places.

I am not aware of any of the rules regarding this, meaning that to me they are unknown, and not meaning that they do not exist.

That said, in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, as well as others, it was fairly common to see dogs in the restaurants, lying at their owner's feet. (Not on the menu).

There were no signs posted, communicating bans or welcomes, it just seemed like a natural event.

I will also add, these were not fast food joints, and the restaurants all enjoyed a very fine reputation, including recognitions such as multie diamond winners.

There must be something about an oversized hardware warehouse stores that turns dogs into filthy, disease bearing, horrible creatures.

To the germaphobes how can you stand touching anything that has been touched and rummaged through by others you do not know, on the shelves of such a pristine environment?

No it’s no the just hardwares stores dogs are gross everywhere but it’s not my problem until you bring them around me where they aren’t supposed to be. I know you are probably used to it’s but dogs smell. You can tell when you enter someone’s home that has a dog from the stink in the air. 

saluki2007

Lit said:

YukonRon said:

I mentioned in @DoubleEgger post on Olive oil, about my experiences during brief stays in Europe regarding dogs in public places.

I am not aware of any of the rules regarding this, meaning that to me they are unknown, and not meaning that they do not exist.

That said, in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, as well as others, it was fairly common to see dogs in the restaurants, lying at their owner's feet. (Not on the menu).

There were no signs posted, communicating bans or welcomes, it just seemed like a natural event.

I will also add, these were not fast food joints, and the restaurants all enjoyed a very fine reputation, including recognitions such as multie diamond winners.

There must be something about an oversized hardware warehouse stores that turns dogs into filthy, disease bearing, horrible creatures.

To the germaphobes how can you stand touching anything that has been touched and rummaged through by others you do not know, on the shelves of such a pristine environment?

No it’s no the just hardwares stores dogs are gross everywhere but it’s not my problem until you bring them around me where they aren’t supposed to be. I know you are probably used to it’s but dogs smell. You can tell when you enter someone’s home that has a dog from the stink in the air. 

I've heard the same thing about PK grill owners...

Lit

saluki2007 said:

Lit said:

YukonRon said:

I mentioned in @DoubleEgger post on Olive oil, about my experiences during brief stays in Europe regarding dogs in public places.

I am not aware of any of the rules regarding this, meaning that to me they are unknown, and not meaning that they do not exist.

That said, in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, as well as others, it was fairly common to see dogs in the restaurants, lying at their owner's feet. (Not on the menu).

There were no signs posted, communicating bans or welcomes, it just seemed like a natural event.

I will also add, these were not fast food joints, and the restaurants all enjoyed a very fine reputation, including recognitions such as multie diamond winners.

There must be something about an oversized hardware warehouse stores that turns dogs into filthy, disease bearing, horrible creatures.

To the germaphobes how can you stand touching anything that has been touched and rummaged through by others you do not know, on the shelves of such a pristine environment?

No it’s no the just hardwares stores dogs are gross everywhere but it’s not my problem until you bring them around me where they aren’t supposed to be. I know you are probably used to it’s but dogs smell. You can tell when you enter someone’s home that has a dog from the stink in the air. 

I've heard the same thing about PK grill owners...

The smell of grilled food is overwhelming for sure