Thread: I was asked to "stop doing that" today...

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I went to Lowe's to pick up a few things and found myself wandering the store looking for things that I may be able to use for Halloween.

Keep in mind; I went there for one extra board I need to finish a desk drawer for my wife. She's been wanting me to finish said drawer for two years. I keep building Halloween props, and I completed an entire addition to the house, but I still haven't finished her drawer. Anyway . . .

While walking through the acreage that is Lowes, I found myself in the aisle where they keep assorted sizes of sheet metal. I saw the metal sheets and immediately thought, "Hey, if I could find the right sized sheet of metal, I could set up a motor and make my own thunder rumble sheet. I could hang the sheet of metal in the tower, sync it up with the bright flash from a big lightning strobe, and CRASH!! Oh, that would be so cool!"

The whole time I'm having this parade of thought in my head, I'm pulling various sheets of metal from the rack and shaking them violently to see which one might sound the most like thunder. It never occurred to me, being so lost in thought that I might be disturbing other patrons of the store.

Right when I thought I may have found a suitable sheet of metal to make a most wonderful, thunderous roar, a young man in a vest came up and asked, "Sir, would you please stop doing that?" He was very polite about it, and the skinny youth was apologetic in his demeanor, but it was enough of an interruption to stop my Thor impression and look around.

That's when I noticed the people staring back at me from the ends of the aisle, the toddler in the cart clapping enthusiastically, and the elderly couple looking at hinges -- seeming to not have heard a thing.

Not knowing how to explain myself to this employee, or the strangers gathered around me (that crazy person) I quietly slid the sheet of metal back on to it's shelf, said, "sorry" to the employee, and pushed my cart away quickly -- which was easy to do with the wide birth other shoppers where now giving me.

After that, I decided my time at Lowes was done for the day and headed straight for the register. Keeping my embarrassed gaze solely on the contents of my cart.

wow, I think I would have thanked the guy & told him I'd be going to Home Depot to pick up the sheet metal you needed.

All I can say TK...
been there,done that.

Awesome...........

Geeze when I saw this thread I thought you were asked to stop building your props out in sight of potential buyers next door...LOL!

LOL OK this thread made me laugh out loud!!! I could just see you there all hunched over shaking your sheet metal swept away in the thought of how this sound was going to amaze the trick or treaters That was great, thanks for sharing

Lol! Too funny!

I have the same habit as you, getting lost in thought oblivious to the world....

I know exactly how that feels to be so lost in a Halloween thought!

I live in a small town so I think the local hardware store is used to my "crazy projects"...The people at Fastenal (Think Grainger) at the other end of town LOVE my projects and can't wait to see me again to learn what I'm building next....I could amagine all the crazy stuff they say after I leave...As long as it's entertainment, I guess I'm happy...ZR

You shouldn't have felt embarrassed. You were shopping for a specific sound coming from a product they sell. It's no worse than the weekend home warrior who takes up a whole aisle with a cart ( sometimes two ), his brat kids screaming and his dumb@$$ wife . He's asking a kid how to install their product. What he don't know is the kid is just as dumb as him...he's only worked there a month. He worked at Dollar General for the past two years.


Man am I ever bitter LOL!!