I miss Montgomery Wards more than I’ll ever miss Sears.
In part because I took a moonlighting job there one Christmas season.
Our Montgomery Ward had an alley that ran along one side of the store. The Greyhound buses drove through the alley and stopped at the side door to pick up and discharge passengers.
IF you could work a moonlighting job at Montgomery Ward’s in the past——go talk to your local Lowe’s store.
They have many part time openings & with a good background in those kinds of products, you might be very welcome. Everyone I know who has worked for them says they are a great employer.
The local ACE hardware-—35 miles from me, is staffed mostly with older, EXPERIENCED people. Retired painters—construction people, etc. They rarely give bad advice. That store also has a section for equipment rentals, where they can clearly demonstrate to you how to use a piece of equipment you might need to rent.