Done Complaining

Things I love about Home Depot (in order of importance):

1. Toni, Roberta, Jose, Robert, Lonnie, Rigoberto, the Garden Boys, Jamie, Chuck, Myco, Marianne, the other Robert, Russ, Peter, Yvette, and Ann

2. The Regulars

3. The cleaning people

4. Getting dirty

5. Knowing everything about paint

6. The secret goodie paint can

7. Chatting while throwing unique trash into the compactors after closing

8. 5 a.m. bike rides

9. The apron

10. The secret garden planted among the display flowers by the Garden Boys

11. The bunch of carrots given me by the Garden Boys from their secret garden

12. Knowing we're better than Lowes

13. Hiding out in appliances with the design guys until my conscience sends me back to the paint desk

14. The paint desk

15. Filling the tint machines

16. Straightening the spray paint aisle

17. The birds in the rafters

18. Running my hands through the carpet samples on my way back to the paint desk

19. The bomb shelter door in building materials

20. Daily being asked, "Where's the caulk?"