Calamity Kris Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I was at our local Costco this evening putting gas in the car. I dropped inside to see if there was anything else I needed. Right inside the door was a display of shiny new snow shovels and bottles of concrete deicer. As they say, there's no opportunity like the present so I picked up one of each, since it's supposed to snow/sleet starting tomorrow. {Even if I don't need it this weekend, I'm sure I will use it some time this season....} At checkout, I received some funny looks from fellow customers. I explained I had just moved here from a warmer climate and didn't know what to expect. I received a couple of "You go girl, you're ready now" comments. As I was putting my shiny blue shovel in the car, a gent parked next to me was openly laughing at me. When I explained I'm new to the area and want to be prepared, he laughed even harder. He said "I guess you're ready, if you really believe them" and walked away. I do realize the weather prognosticators are frequently overly cautious and overly dramatic. I also know the weather here can be really unpredictable. How would you have responded to that guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 You're prepared. If not for this one, then the next. There will be a time it is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I would've shrugged my shoulders and said "We'll see. I'd rather be prepared and wrong." Life is too short to worry about naysayers like that. Like you said, you'll need it eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 You done good. FAR better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 You will find that the weather forecasters in Missouri tend to act like newspeople and attempt to blow each storm into the storm of the century and hope that in this case they are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 It is better to have a snow shovel and not need it then to need one and not have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 STFU or I'll jam this shovel up you a$$ That's what I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 STFU or I'll jam this shovel up you a$$ That's what I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I was trying to avoid that, Dusty. But at least you didn't threaten to shove it up in there sideways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Those people are just plain RUDE. You should have asked that guy, "I'm going to bury my rude neighbor in the snow later this winter, do you think this shovel is big enough?' or maybe "I just moved here from California, is this shovel big enough to shovel scattered flurries?" Rude people SUCK, makes me mad just hearing about them being rude to you. edit to add - I think Dusty hit on what I really wanted to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I would have pointed asked what was so funny? Make the fool explain himself. Suddenly, the funny goes away real fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 If the store didn't think they'd sell em, they wouldn't have em. Maybe it was just Jerk Thursday at Costco. Usually comes right after Black Friday. As far as responding....I wouldn't bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Why respond at all? LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 The only error in your ways, Darlin'. You got a BLUE snowshovel, not a RED one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 just give em a good solid WHACK upside the head that'll learn em CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Brasse, SASS #3562 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Ah, yes, the joys of dealing with the great unwashed. It is a pity but true, Rude people suck. It is hard to win an argument with an idiot. When proved wrong, put down in turn by a similar comment or corrected they can become mad (or violent). They really are just not worth the time. When asked a question, it is hard to just ignore them sometimes. Of course you can always just make something up... I'm buying it for a gag gift for the office party. It's for my friend, Funny thing is, if you came out carrying a newly purchased ax, nobody would probably say anything, even if there wasn't a tree in sight. Just smile, it's the season. Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Buckhorn,SASS 51727 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Just tell them "Bought them for insurance!" If you don't have them it will snow & sleet. If you do have them it will be sunny and 65. Marlin(Who has suffered Midwest winters for way too long!)Buckhorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Why respond at all? LG Give this man a cigar... GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bristol Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 They are a gift for someone in Montana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Doggle Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Montana, hell. Looks like it could be put to good use in Dallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 If buying a snow shovel will keep the snow from falling, then it's a wonderful investment! ....It's kinda like washing your car during a drought, hoping to get it to rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Give them a big smile and say "If it doesn't snow, I can always use to smack the next person who makes a stupid remark" and walk away Or "I need it to pick up my dog's execrement" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Seen #16162 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I live a few hundred miles to west of you and most of us cast a "oh hum" attitude about the winter weather as more often than not it runs out of gas before it gets here. Although last year we did get a couple of big blizzards that shut things down for a day or two. Your biggest hazard is not the snow as snow is actually easy to drive on. Your biggest danger is ICE. Driving on ice is extremely hazardous as stopping distances are greatly increased along steering. Typically here we get ice first then the snow. So the highway and street crews scrape off the snow leaving us to drive on a layer of solid ice. Ah tax dollars at work. My suggestion is pay attention to the forecasts for sleet and ice. Watch your local morning news as it doesn't take much to make the roads really slick. Even if you feel confident about being able to drive on icy roads the other guy might not be able to. It is often best to stay home and get out later in the day after the roads start melting. Oh be a little less sensitive and in a couple of years you will be laughing at the forecasts also. Coming from someone whose current weather is 17 degrees (wind chill of -3), forecasted snow and ice has not showed up but the weathermen here don't give up easy they are forecasting snow for Saturday now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kid Sopris, Regulator, #3290 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I suppose he doesn't need any "Charmin" until it's too late... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Matt McCord, SASS #24683 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 STFU or I'll jam this shovel up you a$$ That's what I'd say Ladies and gentiemen, Dusty wins the Comedy Relief award for the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 A good response is always," Whatever dude"!! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 You might just see that hombre parked funny in a ditch. Remember, lights on when the weather turns, slow down, no tailgating and please PUT DOWN THE PHONE. Do all that and your good to go. Just some of my pet peeves there. LOl I plow snow at my facilities and get to see it all. Michigan (BE SAFE) Slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 The de-icer helps organic material decompose in frozen ground. Show shovels make it quicker to fill in the hole............would you like to know about my .45? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I would simply direct their attention to the missletoe attached to my shirt tail!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suakfox Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'll do the thinnin around here Baba Louie!This is a job for EL~KAAAABOOONG!!!!!!!! KABONG!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 If you were a guy you could go over and pee on his fender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I would simply direct their attention to the missletoe attached to my shirt tail!! That was funny! And, that idea has other possibilities too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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