Tales from the World of Wally.....

[Bandit]

So - this week I started a part-time gig at the World of Wally in Hardware. It's about 180 degrees from the regular gig as an IT guy, but hey - it's money to go into the "Buy Bandit a vacation" fund.

A little late....

Mom of the year trying to hustle 4-5 year old daughter to the bathroom.....followed by the smell of poop.

Lady, when the kid starts to dance, drop everything and take the kid to the bathroom.

So somebody else sucks - so what?

Late 40's-early 50's guy comes in looking for a portable ACU. So I show him the only one we have. Guy sees the price and then proceeds to tell me a sob story about how another retailer screwed up and then tried to screw him. Now, our portable ACU is 5000 BTU and the one he wanted was 8000 BTU and was (apparently) $50 cheaper.
He tells me the long story as I pretend to listen closely and commiserate and he finishes with "Humph! I have to talk to the wife!" and stomps off.
Too bad for him.

Right beside was a nice customer who appreciated me talking to her, finding the needs and getting the right unit from the shelf for her and an extension cord.

You want a what? Pt 1.

I'm in Canada. And for extra bonus points, mixing paint in hardware.

What makes you think I have some Chicago Cubs baseball hats around the corner? We don't have a pro baseball team here. Nor football, soccer, across, or Brazilian Bean Tossing.

We have hockey and that's it.

Too Cute!

Family of 6 came in looking for an ACU. Kids were really happy when we had them in stock. The family comes out with 2 in their carts. One of the 7-8 years old calls out to me "THANK YOU SIR!"

That kid wins.

You want a what? Pt 2.

It's the World of Wally. You're asking for a calibrated torque wrench. A very specialized tool. One that is usually available at a specialty parts place.
We have four shelves of tools. Any torque wrench would be a stretch.


Uhhh - no. Try <auto parts place>.


All sorts of fun.

B

[Zoom]

What makes you think I have some Chicago Cubs baseball hats around the corner? We don't have a pro baseball team here. Nor football, soccer, across, or Brazilian Bean Tossing.

What about Gnip Gnop?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What makes you think I have some Chicago Cubs baseball hats around the corner? We don't have a pro baseball team here.

The north side of Chicago doesn't either.

[mharbourgirl]

Well, location says you're in Ontario, so technically you DO have a baseball team, but I don't blame you for not wanting to admit it.

[Dadeo]

Well, location says you're in Ontario, so technically you DO have a baseball team, but I don't blame you for not wanting to admit it.

That's a pretty sweeping generalization. Ontario is a pretty big place, twice the size of Texas, and Toronto is the only city with an MLB team. Since he says they don't have baseball, football, soccer, lacrosse or Brazilian Bean tossing (GO TOSSERS!) but doesn't mention hockey, I'd have to guess he's closer to Ottawa.

[Bandit]

That's a pretty sweeping generalization. Ontario is a pretty big place, twice the size of Texas, and Toronto is the only city with an MLB team. Since he says they don't have baseball, football, soccer, lacrosse or Brazilian Bean tossing (GO TOSSERS!) but doesn't mention hockey, I'd have to guess he's closer to Ottawa.

Got it one!

If I was close to the GTA, I'd say we had a baseball, football, soccer, and lacrosse team.

Oh - then the Leafs.

B

[wolfie]

I'm in Canada. And for extra bonus points, mixing paint in hardware.

What makes you think I have some Chicago Cubs baseball hats around the corner? We don't have a pro baseball team here. Nor football, soccer, across, or Brazilian Bean Tossing.

We have hockey and that's it.

Your info lists you as being in Ontario. Looks like you've got things backwards - we've got the Jays (2 times World Series champs during the time I've lived in Toronto), Football (Argonauts), Soccer (TFC), and Lacrosse (can't recall the name). Not sure about the Brazilian Bean Tossing, but it would be quite a stretch to call the Leafs a hockey team.

[Salted Grump]

Your info lists you as being in Ontario. Looks like you've got things backwards - we've got the Jays (2 times World Series champs during the time I've lived in Toronto), Football (Argonauts), Soccer (TFC), and Lacrosse (can't recall the name). Not sure about the Brazilian Bean Tossing, but it would be quite a stretch to call the Leafs a hockey team.

As a fellow Ontarian, I can safely say that the general opinion of Toronto and its 'sports teams' is that they should float right on back to the south half of Lake Ontario and stop munging up our good teams with the over-inflated budgets and general persecution complex.

And yes, It's a 6-hour drive at highway speedsto go there, but why would you want to?

[Ironclad Alibi]

Since Bandit's location is Frozen Bits, ON, he might be at the World of Wally in Kapuskasing or the one in Thunder Bay. However, I am not familiar enough with either location to comment the existence of their local sports teams.

[Argabarga]

You want a what? Pt 2.

It's the World of Wally. You're asking for a calibrated torque wrench. A very specialized tool. One that is usually available at a specialty parts place.
We have four shelves of tools. Any torque wrench would be a stretch.


Uhhh - no. Try <auto parts place>.


All sorts of fun.

B

I am so sorry that my Dad escaped my watchful eye and went shopping without me. See, he has this problem where in his mind, it's still July 1980, and anything he got at a Sears or Kmart "automotive" section in that time frame, well, he's still thoroughly convinced that any large retail store STILL sells those things. So, he still tries to buy torque wrenches, R12 air conditioning refridgerant and carbureator floats at places like Target and Wal-Mart and goes absolutely bonkers that they don't stock such "common" stuff anymore. Trying to explain to him that it's been 30 some years and inventories change based on what people buy, and stuff that doesn't sell gets dropped isn't a sufficient explanation either, since "I bought it here all the time!!! Why would they stop selling it?!" He then demands I (never him, it's my job) ask the clerk why they stopped selling it, as if it changes the fact that they don't and never will again........

Sorry, I try to keep him away from you guys, but sometimes he finds where I've hidden the car keys

[dalesys]

Sorry, I try to keep him away from you guys, but sometimes he finds where I've hidden the car keys

I guess you don't dare argabarga his car...

[Dadeo]

Your info lists you as being in Ontario. Looks like you've got things backwards - we've got the Jays (2 times World Series champs during the time I've lived in Toronto), Football (Argonauts), Soccer (TFC), and Lacrosse (can't recall the name). Not sure about the Brazilian Bean Tossing, but it would be quite a stretch to call the Leafs a hockey team.

Once again, SWEEPING GENERALIZATION. Those are all Toronto teams, not Ontario teams. And having lived in Toronto, you should know better. And how can you live in T.O. and NOT be a Tossers fan? It's so big that the rest of Canada thinks that ALL Torontonians are Tossers.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

What makes you think I have some Chicago Cubs baseball hats around the corner? We don't have a pro baseball team here. Nor football, soccer, across, or Brazilian Bean Tossing.

We have hockey and that's it.

Not true!

To quote Weird Al Yankovic's "Canadian Idiot"

Well maple syrup and snow's what they export.
They treat curling just like it's a real sport.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Not true!

To quote Weird Al Yankovic's "Canadian Idiot"

Well maple syrup and snow's what they export.
They treat curling just like it's a real sport.

Far as I'm concerned, no sport is a real sport until and unless they make a movie about it.

[lobo65]

I know Ottawa doesn't have a major league team, but I remember my Baltimore Orioles having their triple-A team, the Ottawa Lynx, there years ago.