Online Order Pickups Parking Only

November 29, 2021, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I had to laugh when I observed the following exchange:

Karen: "That space is reserved for pregnant women parking only."

Customer-who-parked-there: "So call a cop, bitch."

How do they know if you are pregnant? Most women do not show until their 4th month.

November 29, 2021, 06:39 PM

frayedends

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
I had to laugh when I observed the following exchange:

Karen: "That space is reserved for pregnant women parking only."

Customer-who-parked-there: "So call a cop, bitch."

How do they know if you are pregnant? Most women do not show until their 4th month.

The entire sign is discriminatory. After all, the news tells me men can get pregnant now too.

November 29, 2021, 07:27 PM

wrightd

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Originally posted by Pale Horse:
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Originally posted by frayedends:
I park in the Home Depot Pro parking spots. They haven’t t told me exactly what will make me a pro but I assume since I know where to find most items I’m a HD Pro.

But seriously other than handicap and military parking I ignore most other stupid signs it the lot is full.

While not a HD Pro member, HD has decided to spam my email inbox with “pro” emails. I figure that entitles me to park in the pro spaces.

Absolutely. You've been "identified" as a Home Depot Pro, so to fill the role, you must act like one and park appropriately.

November 29, 2021, 07:29 PM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:

I had to laugh when I observed the following exchange:

Karen: "That space is reserved for pregnant women parking only."

Customer-who-parked-there: "So call a cop, bitch."
How do they know if you are pregnant? Most women do not show until their 4th month.

The customer who parked in the pregnant women slot was definitely a dude. No question.

November 29, 2021, 07:35 PM

wrightd

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
I ran a pickup department and it pissed me off to no end when entitled people parked in the loading zones, because even if there is no one loading at that moment, we easily could have filled every space 5 minutes later while someone took their sweet time shopping inside.

Not where I live. My guess is you were working in a particularly woke metropolitan area or progressive city. Am I wrong ? I just haven't seen that in my neck of the woods.

Actually I tried it once. Ordered online, parked in the reserved pickup space, called them, nothing. Called them again, the guy said they were too busy in the store and please come in an pick it up at the counter. I wasn't angry, just amused, since large big box stores aren't generally particularly well organized, and most of the time not really possible given limited staffing and quality of employees.

November 29, 2021, 11:56 PM

bobtheelf

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Originally posted by wrightd:
quote:
Originally posted by bobtheelf:
I ran a pickup department and it pissed me off to no end when entitled people parked in the loading zones, because even if there is no one loading at that moment, we easily could have filled every space 5 minutes later while someone took their sweet time shopping inside.

Not where I live. My guess is you were working in a particularly woke metropolitan area or progressive city. Am I wrong ? I just haven't seen that in my neck of the woods.

Actually I tried it once. Ordered online, parked in the reserved pickup space, called them, nothing. Called them again, the guy said they were too busy in the store and please come in an pick it up at the counter. I wasn't angry, just amused, since large big box stores aren't generally particularly well organized, and most of the time not really possible given limited staffing and quality of employees.

I'm in Nashville. With three lanes and people who can't park for shit anyway, 10 customers per hour who all decide to show up at the same time can really put a crunch on things. Add in one jackass who thinks the rules don't apply to him and the end of an hour with customers for the next hour showing up even a little early and we're trying to get 10-15 customers through two lanes in a matter of 15 minutes with 1-2 people carrying out orders that take 3-5 minutes each to load.

Again, just because you don't see it in the moment you're there doesn't mean it can't really screw things up for someone else.