THAT'S IT!!! We all need to hang out at Lowe's and Home Depot!!! hahahahaha My luck ....it would be someone's hubby out with a honey-do list in hand. SIGH.
Seriously,
HD and Lowe's are NOT bad places to hang out...
the key word being HANG out.
If you're in there with a serious list trying to get home to fix that major wiring issue before the compressor is toast, flirting isn't very likely. And you see lots of guys with the same agendas....they've got things to do, places to go etc.
So going with a 'Gee, I wonder if they have any new blades down in the Chop Saw section" attitude is a good.....especially with the afterwork, "Mebby I need a new saw" crowd.
After he ran into some of his neighbors in the check-out line and starting visiting with them, his obviously annoyed wife marched into the store, quite loudly demanded to know what the h$ll is taking so long.