Today, while working at Home Depot, I was asked to cut some wire. When I asked her how much, she said, "From my computer to the wall". After explaining for a while that I didn't know how far that is, she left. FML
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tdawgg 7
We sell electrical wire by the foot, she may have a more handy family member at home that need it, but she did come back an hour later and got 50 feet... I think her computers in the middle of her backyard. :P. sad thing is, we deal with these kinds of requests ever day... Retail sucks!!
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golden_warrior 23
Idiots are multiplying faster than Justin Bieber fans
helpfulwhale 12
Working in retail is one of the fastest ways to lose faith in society.
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seeoseek 18
I would've given her 100' and said thank you come again in my best Apu voice!
DocBastard 40
I'm trying to figure out what kind of wire she could possibly need that goes from the wall to her computer that needs to be cut. Anyone?
TheDrifter 24
Home depot sells power cord, or maybe she wanted aircraft wire to tie it in like a bike lock.
Ali_Br_fml 33
Sounds a little like the surround sound speaker cables...(audio cables that have exposed metal wires, not the red & white aux ones) She probably just needed a cable to go from her subwoofer/receiver to the speakers on the walls, but didn't know what to call them, and just bunched them all into the computer category since it may be hooked up to her computer's sound. That's the only one that could be cut that came to mind when I read this fml.
UnicornFarts 15
The only thing I could think of is a cat-5 cable.
dread514 11
Yep, I buy cat5/5e/6 there.
RedPillSucks 33
I was thinking that too, but if she can make her own cat5, she ought to be smart enough to know OP needs the length.
edmunson 22
Yes, geek mode shows in these comments!
daniannie 22
Networking cable (cat5e) maybe, some houses are run with it alongside electrical, tho she would need to have networking experience to make a crossover with rj45s. Which is highly unlikely, due to the fact that the measurement she gave was "from the computer to the wall".
snugglesMcGee199 23
What an idiot. I bet that was good for a laugh OP.
dramaelf 37
Is that not a standard unit of measurement now?
Slimma 20
Heh you didn't know that is a common measuring unit. From "computer to wall" is as far as "from tv to wall" People are funny sometimes. Sure you got a good laugh after she walked away.
October3461 12
Women these days hahaha
chris4u2nv5 19
That's why women shouldn't be allowed any where near that store. That's right I said it!!!!!!!
ninjuh_wingman 29
Should've just given her like 3-4 yards of wire. How far from the wall could the computer possibly be?
martin8337 36
New requirement for working in retail, you must be psychic.
VeganVampyre 27
New? That's not a new requirement, we've had to be psychic for years where I work!
Yellow_Fish79 11
Wow. People are such idiots these days. ):