I hate Home Depot

How do they stay in business? If Lowe's wasn't over an hour away, I'd never go to Home Depot.

I got there in the late afternoon which is prime time - contractors and homeowners are all stopping by at the end of the day. They had not one cart to take in the store! I can't imagine that this is rocket science to keep carts available during heavy shopping hours. One item I wanted to get is a lockset for the back door that matches the ones I bought for the interior doors. Out of stock!!! Ugh. I also wanted to get two exterior light fixtures for the backdoor. Our local building code requires them to be fluorescent or on a motion detector. Home Depot carries NO fluorescent lights. Not one in the 150+ light exterior light fixtures they have is fluorescent. Not only that, but they don't carry anything I would call "contemporary" which is my style. I asked the guy working in electrical about it, and he looked at me like I was weird for asking for fluorescent lights and proceeded to tell me that wasn't required by code. Ah, yeah, it is. I hate it when people spout off about things they know nothing about. If you don't know, don't act like you do. Besides codes issues, what if I just wanted fluorescent because I like it or wanted to conserve energy? I ended up calling my old electrician from the store who told me to he got my front door fixture at Lowe's.

I also needed a gasket for my hose, and had to ask the requisite minimum of 2 employees before getting to them. Finally, I need a hand towel bar and toilet paper holder for the bath and they had nothing I liked in the finish I need. What a lousy trip to Home Depot. I think this location only stays in business because people don't have a choice short of driving far away.