On the talk of Home Depot:
My mom taught me everything I know building and repair wise. She and her father built their house and ran the farm in the 60s and 70s.
I try to be nice, but people repeatedly ask me if I need help with something and I tell them, “I know more than you.”
It’s rude but I’ve been conditioned to react this way. I pray for strength to be nice but to no avail.
Menards is 100 times worse. Ill never go back. I was in a circle of 4 grown men asking them questions about backer boards for a shower and none of them knew shit. So I told all 4 of them that they didn’t know shit.
I need more prayer apparently but if you’re working at a store you need to know what you’re dealing with.
I try to be nice, but people repeatedly ask me if I need help with something and I tell them, “I know more than you.”
It’s rude but I’ve been conditioned to react this way. I pray for strength to be nice but to no avail.
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You might just try, “I’m good, thanks”. It’s fewer words and doesn’t pointlessly belittle the other person.