And avoid sales associates. I went to get some cotter pins. A woman met me going down the aisle and insisted on "helping." She pulled out a box of cotter pins and handed me the right sizes and I paid and left. She insisted I buy twice as many because I might drop some. I said forget it. I got home and thought damn, this is easy to bend and cut. Put a magnet on it. It was made of aluminum.
Aluminum goddam cotter pin! I try to avoid even stainless pins, because they shear easier than steel.
So if the saleswoman hadn't been involved the box might have said aluminum and I might have read it. If I hadn't taken it for granted they were steel that would have saved it too.
Aluminum goddam cotter pin! I try to avoid even stainless pins, because they shear easier than steel.
So if the saleswoman hadn't been involved the box might have said aluminum and I might have read it. If I hadn't taken it for granted they were steel that would have saved it too.