Topic: Lumber Through the Windshield
I was planning on stopping by Lowes on my way home from work yesterday to grab some lumber for my barn project. When my g/f texted me that she was at the Home Depot, I asked her to grab the lumber for me- nothing fancy or big, just eight 2x8's, 8 feet long.
About a half hour later I get a text message from her: "We are not friends". Turns out the dude at Home Depot loaded her GMC Jimmy with the lumber and as she was pulling out into traffic, a car cut her off and she had to slam on the brakes, which sent the lumber into the windshiled. It spidered pretty bad, but luckily didn't shatter. Being the good boyfriend, I accepted all the blame for this and told her I'd pay for the deductible (luckily she has full glass coverage) for her to get it fixed.
The real treat came when I got home that night, and asked her how much the lumber was, so I could pay her for it. "About $60, I think" she said. Now I'd just bought 2x8's a few days ago from Lowes and they were less than 5 bucks each, so I asked her how 8 of them would be almost double the price at Home Depot. So she showed me the receipt.
Pressure Treated. I needed just plain framing lumber.
So not only did she buy the lumber, haul it out to her car, have a guy load it for her, almost get in an accident, break her windshield, and now have to get it fixed, but I had to load the lumber into my wagon and take it back to Home Depot this morning, in the rain, and explain the whole story to the clerk when she asked me why I was bringing all eight pieces back.
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