Stop me if you’ve heard this one...

[liregran]

A rather short, well dressed woman walks into a home improvement store and purchases sixteen cinderblocks, eight pieces of rebar, four nursery pots, two shelving planks, a tarp, and a shovel...It sounds like the beginning of a joke (and who knows, maybe one of these days I’ll turn it into one) but the ‘rather short, well dressed woman’ was myself

Comments

[alycewilson]

Apparently I’d crossed back into the ‘testicles optional’ area of the store.

Loved this line! I've wondered through similar stores and been left alone at times when I really WANTED someone to help me. I think they realize that a lot of people get offended if you fall all over them just because they are female in a hardware store.

[basric]

I can relate. Well told.

[baxaphobia]

True enough. Dealing with stereotypes on a regular basis (in other ways), makes me relate to this a lot. Nice job!

[sweeny_todd]

I'm with everyone else - that testicles optional line is gold!

[penpusher]

Nice for making a spectacular spectacle of yourself (without even trying!) and for knowing more than the hired hands about cinderblocks! It recalls that classic line from "The Brady Bunch Movie..." "Put on your Sunday best, kids, we're going to Sears!"