Boomer: "I need a locksmith."

Employee: googles locksmith "yeah here's the phone numbers of every one in town."

Boomer: "thanks there's now conceivable way I could have done this myself."

This is like half the calls we get.

  • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
    ·
    5 months ago

    :this: :this: :this:

    Boomers come into a massive chain store and are surprised to learn that the retail employees of [massive billion dollar company] are not specialized tradesmen with years of experience but rather minimum wage workers who could not give less of a shit if the table the customer is buying is "good quality".

    • jaywalker [they/them, any]
      ·
      5 months ago

      I'm pretty sure Lowe's or home Depot used to hire a lot of retired tradespeople to work there.