Monday

Men Are From Menards, Women Are from Genius

I gotta admit it I like Menards, it's clean organized and has decent prices. What I don't like are the sales people. I have never encountered one that had half a brain. So my story starts as I decide to put up some sort of gate to keep Nico out of the living room.
Anthony and I were out shopping and I veered off to the baby section, so he says "how come we always end up in this section?" When he knows I always keep a look out for cool things for Evie.
I told him about my idea to gate off the living room, so he walks up to the baby gates and says,  "here, this should work" and opens up one of those ugly baby gates that is made of that cheap wood and has X's that get bigger or smaller depending on how far you open it. "Ummm, no Anthony that's not gonna work, the opening is 6 feet wide and Nico will fit through those holes" So then he has that look in his eyes, like you make me crazy with your Lucille Ball ideas and goes to electronics. The next morning I decide to try Menards. After canvassing the fence department looking at all the wood fences and thinking how they are going to off gas formaldehyde and poison me, (yes, I'm weird like that) I decide I would get a couple of panels of the metal fences. After looking at the widths of the slats and the points of the posts, (so I wont kill my poor dog) I decide on 2 panels that should be the right height and width. By then the four idiot sales guys behind the desk stop chatting and I wave one over. "yes MAM, what can I do for you?" So I explain that I have this Chihuahua I want to keep out of the living room.... And somewhere during the conversation, he's off in la la land, not paying attention to me and looking at his text messages. "Umm, so what do you think, I say"  he says, "you know these fences are for outside, right?" and looks at me like I'm an idiot woman. (the Lucille ball look, Anthony gave me yesterday).  "Ummm yes, but I don't see why I can't use it inside, RIGHT",  he looks at me and says, "I guess". "great, what do you think I should use to mount them to the wall?" After about 5 minutes he says, "a bracket that will mount on the wall and have a post thing so you could just drop the fence panel on it, but we don't carry them, so I'll take you to hardware, I'm sure they can help you." So hes already about 15 feet ahead of me and I'm trying to load the panels on the cart, follow him while pushing the cart, and balancing the panels. (and they say chivalry is dead) We get to hardware and he basically tells a kid to help me and runs off saying, "I was in the middle of helping.... So now I have a 16 year old kid who has his hands in his pockets and is staring at the brackets, "Umm, MISS, I guess we don't have those brackets" by then I have already figured that out and am trying to figure out something else, so I'm talking out loud and he's giving me that same "Lucy" look and says, "you know this fence is for outside, right, have you checked our baby gates, it might be easier" So by now, I say "I got it from here, thanks for your help" and walk away and figure it out on my own, thank you very much! 
So as I drive away with my cart cursing under my breath and go to check out, the lady behind the register says "whatcha making, with all this stuff?" I'm almost afraid to tell her, but I do anyways and she says... "that's an awesome idea, I should try that for my dogs, I have collies and I'm so tired of using baby gates!"
So the moral of my story is Men Are From Menards, Women Are from Genius.
PS. After I installed the gate and was pretty impressed with myself, I texted Anthony a picture and simply put the words "I'm a genius" his text reply...." It looks like Nico could fit between the slats".
*After I finished this post I emailed it to Anthony,  his response, "you spelled women wrong in your post title".
OMG!

XoXo
Michelle Simple Pleasures

11 comments:

Cindi said...

LOL Would love to see a picture! I am sure it will work great!
Be blessed,
Cindi

Carol Stuck said...

OM gosh!!! I am sorry but I am laughing so hard right now. Not funny, I know, but I so can resemble that. You are right on, girlfriend! heehee!

hugs!

Raymond Homestead said...

Lol, thats so funny! I know I have had similar experiences with some sales people. I think your gate looks great!

frontporchprims said...

Ha ha. Somethings are easier done all by ourselves!! Good job and the gate looks so good, like it was meant to be there with the house. Sometimes I can't stand asking for help at stores. No one ever knows how to help me. Thanks for the invite to visit your blog. I get so buys sometimes that I forget:) Thanks for visiting mine too. -Steph-

frontporchprims said...

Oops, that's busy:)

Robyn ♥ said...

Hi Michelle! Thanks for visiting and the invite! I'm glad you did cuz I love this post! It is so funny how we are able to see different uses for things and your new fence is gorgeous! I love it and it looks so much better than those baby gates! Genius!!!

BumbleBeeLane said...

Giggles..Sad thing I sooo know where you're at with the sales people.After my trip yesterday I told hubby I'm only shopping at lowes,ollies and giant so I guess I won't have much selection but at least I won't deal with rude people who really don't deserve jobs or complete idiots.Your gate idea is genius...smile...Warm Blessings!~Amy

Carmen and the Primcats said...

Great Story! Love your gate! YOU did an awesome job!

Carmen and the Primcats

Kendra said...

Men! Need I say more?

Kendra

Old Red Barn said...

I was laughing too :). How rude, texting while you're asking something.

Goedele

Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitives said...

Oh my goodness girl, that is awful and hilarious at the same time! I can't believe they treated you like that and of course... leave it to a woman to be the genius! You did great girl, I'm proud of you and the wonderful looking gate you concocted! Great job~