/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1412526
>What would your hardware store be like /diy/?
amazon.com

>>1412526
>it'll be open 24 hours a day
what could possibly go wrong

>>1412526
It's sunday, you dumb nigger. Most retail places close at 7 or earlier.

A 24 hour hardware store would be awesome. Imagine what you'd see on the night shift.

>A man who took such a massive shit that he needed a drain snake because his plunger was no match for it
>A Central American lady buying a caulking gun for butt injections https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caulk-butt-enhancements-hospitalize-6/
>A man who desperately needs a sawzall
>A guy coming in just to buy Mountain Dew

>>1412526
I have a family owned Ace and two family owned Tru-Values near me.

They all close by 5 PM M-Sat and are closed on Sunday. Guess what I needed today? A single 2 inch bolt. Had to drive an hour to Home Depot and pay triple what it would be at that Ace.

>>1412538
Are you posting from 1978, or like, the middle of Nebraska, or what?

>hardware stores in my area are open 6am-9pm
feels fucking good man.
can actually get shit early before the heat of the day makes it unbearable.

>>1412526
There’s a 24/7 AutoZone nearby, but even then it’s tricky because they don’t always have the part you need. Otherwise I hate starting projects on a Sunday afternoon for that very reason.

Only hope is finding what you need at one of the big Walmarts.

>>1412592
I went to Walmart and didn’t have any luck. It was grim lad.

>>1412567
1978 they would be closed all day you heathen

>>1412604
Yeah selection always changes too. The closest Walmart to me is shitty for lots of stuff so I always go on their website and see if maybe the Supercenters 20min away have it. Otherwise the 24hr Autozone if it’s a car thing or there’s a chance they could have a tool I need. Other than that you better start asking the handy neighbors.

I would love a 24hr Home Depot like they did with the AutoZone. Sure would help when you crack your toilet bowl at 11pm and want a place to shit in the morning. It’s not even all the AutoZones, but there’s the one in the whole county if it’s an emergency.

>>1412621
>when you crack your toilet bowl at 11pm
wat?
I thought all you boomers had at least 2 bathrooms.

>>1412540
>They all close by 5 PM M-Sat
"Hey, lets close right when 95% of our customer base gets off of work."

I never understood this shit. If you want to stay at 10 hours or whatever just open at 10 and be open till 8PM.

>>1412633
fucking this

>>1412632
I think it was a Saturday night so no work the next day and I wasn’t trying to use the shitter on the other side of the house. Hell, I can’t even make it to the close bathroom in the middle of the night without kicking the wall and breaking my foot in 2 places (true story).

Woulda loved to be able to hit Home Depot at midnight.

>>1412633
My Ace isn’t nearly that bad but I think they close at 6 or 7 on Saturdays. Had to run there at 6:50pm and they had the registers counted down and wouldn’t even take cash for whatever little bullshit I needed.

Lots of the specialty stores like plumbing and electrician places and this one tool store run on those shitty 8a-5p M-F hours.

>>1412567
You keep Nebraska out of this.

>>1412650
>Lots of the specialty stores like plumbing and electrician places and this one tool store run on those shitty 8a-5p M-F hours.

That's because plumbers and electricians mostly work those hours.

However, around here, NC, it seems like the big box hardware stores are open for pretty decent hours.

>>1412862
>open for pretty decent hours.

wow. I read the whole thread. You clowns expect 24 hour stores.

>>1412865
who said that? like one person.
fag

>>1412865
In big metro areas, I don’t think it would hurt Home Depot or Lowe’s to run a 24hr store. Not all of em, but like Autozone does by me.

>>1412526
Would buy the local one that has been open since 1879 and is currently for sale. 250k plus all inventory.

Online system. Free delivery in town and $10 a mile outside of town if $50 order or more.

Slash rape prices.

Buy all supplies off internet so can make same profit.

Use included lumber yard to build house and shop onto hardware store

Fuck everyone else. I will be open for me 24/7 for free.

Have minimum wage kid just shitpost or homework in night shifts. Open 6am-6pm m-f. Open saturday and sunday but price doubled. Open 6pm-6am but prices trippled.

We 45 miles from a lowes.

Anons can get a fucking $3 part and not drive 45 miles. Happily pay $9 to have the shitter working and not drive 45 fucking min 1 way.

>>1412539
LOL.

>>1412540
See. It's rape. I just wish amazons botnet would deliver my shit within 20 minutes

>>1412632
Or if you are fucking stupid like me... the bowl part seems uncracked. Could i just set it in a cement form and use it in the shop?

>>1412633
Every single mutherfucking time. Reeeeeee!

Bank close at 5
Hardware and lumber close at 5
Car parts close at 5.
Get off work at 5
Get to town at 5:03pm.
Everything is closed.
Tell boss hey man. Can i just come in 10 min early and leave 10 min early from now on?

No anon.

Welp... fuck me i guess.

>comences to gut home office and build shelves for plumbing and electrical fittings.

Having rental houses in a small town is fucking stupid with a real job on top of it.

>>1412862
Cant fucking make it 8:30-5:30 and add a shit ton of business?

>>1412865
Would be nice. Not practicle unless there is a strong meth market also probably

>>1412992

>>1412526
To prevent theft despite being open 24 hours and having effectively zero staff due to making no more money than common hardware stores, it would have to be one mile-long hall with nothing but 20-ft cabinets and drawers of merchandise. I'm trying to think of the movie with an image in mind but I can't place a name to the scene.

ITT A bunch of guys that never had to hire anyone expect people to line up for the opportunity to work second and third shifts. Good luck, gentlemen.

>>1413012
Second shift is easy but it’s a bitch to find somebody willing to work third shift and hang around unless you pay a good rate compared to other retail. Plus you need a weekend overnight person too.

>>1412986
Amazon is getting there. Some areas you can get free next-day delivery if you have Prime and order by like 10pm. My brother was getting that in Orlando. And there’s Sun delivery now too on lots of thing if you place the order by midnight on Fri night in my area.

>>1413022
>willing to work third shift

t.grandpa here.

I used to work in textile mills that had 3 shifts.

the 3rd shift looked like george soros, with those huge bags under their eyes.

I feel bad for cops and other 911 people who have to work overnight. it's not healthy.

>>1413022
Wasn't talking to you. When I want a reply from you I'll ask for you by name. You told me nothing that I don't know already, probably better than you: that's why I posted what I did.

>>1413050
Hey bby ;^)

>>1413032
Yeah but third shift in a warehouse or mill will normally earn you a real paycheck. People think you can hire an overnight cashier for $8/hr. You can get HS bag boys for that but people aren’t gonna work 40+ hours doing that to themselves very long unless they can pay the bills. The gas station will pay their daytime dude $9/hr but it takes like $15hr to keep somebody there at 3am.

I feel sorry for our warehouse guys building pallets and loading trucks overnight. I guess at least they come in like 5pm and get done closer to 2am but there’s some days where the guys are still loading at 6am. They’re paying em closer to $20/hr at least.

>>1412526
Newsflash dipshit. If it was lucrative to stay open 24 hrs/day home depot and Lowes would do so. The tiny amount of revenue you provide is insignificant.

>>1412633
5PM is when office cucks get off. Real nigga hours are 7-3:30

>>1413093
Yeah but you gotta hit the bar right after work for happy hour, so when are you supposed to get the goods?

>>1413096
>not just buying a six pack on the way

>>1412604
Lamp cord is speaker cable. Wallyworld had no speaker cable? How about a pc power cable or a fuggin extension cord?!?!?!? They had to have one of those options.
>inb4 wahhhh sooo expensive
Well, tough, who'd the one looking for lamp cord on a sunday night? Suck it up.

>>1412539
>mfw this is this is how i do all my shopping

>>1412994
>boss still pays everyone with paper checks in
>2 0 1 8
>why do you never stay late on Thurs?
Fuck you, you know why.

It's God's holy day, what do you expect?

>>1413022
>Amazon is getting there
Protip: They're already as quick as they're gonna be as far as shipping goes. The sweatshop conditions and treatment within their warehouses is an entirely separate story. They pimp out the postal service for most deliveries and how much more potential does the postal service have? Mmmhmm. Short of creating their own courier and doubling the amount of warehouse locations, there's not much more blood in that turnip.

>>1413193
>pc power cable or a fuggin extension cord

That's too thick for a lamp

>>1413354
>Short of creating their own courier

Amazon's already doing that lad.

OP here, you guys will be thrilled to know that I got the lamp cord yesterday and still haven't fixed the lamp yet.

>>1412526
You should try rural life. Everything here is closed at 8pm on week days and doesn't open until 9am.

>>1413354
>Short of creating their own courier

>>1413803
How are you posting in the dark?

>>1413820
I have more than one light!

>>1412526
>not knowing Crest is now open on Sundays
>not visiting the pig
step it up

>>1413876
Fucking yuppies

>>1413022
Fuck. Yes

>>1413032
Been there. Got family there. Fun stories at least

>>1413050
Yup

>>1413093
Anon i worl 50 hours a week and off by 5pm.

I used to work 7 12s and pray for sunday because when shit broke we just went home.

Fucking 80-100 hour work weeks.

Ibused to just pay the boss 50 bucks to idle the truck for 3 days and then go shower.

Gross and nasty and miserable. Got the bills paid off tho

>>1413102
>not havin a 30pk and a handle of cheap vodka in the fridge. 3 30pk on rotation in the mancave. And 3 handles in the chest freezer.

6pk.

Fml. Stop now kiddo. It is downhill from there

>>1413257
KEK!

why work 65 hours and be beoke when i can do it at 40 hours?

>>1412526
>not just going to walmart buying a cheap extension cord, and plug.

>>1414633
What is your trade?

>>1412526
I used to think of what it'd be like to have a 24 hour hardware store around. Then I realized how many drunk fuckheads would roll around at 2am and drop all the ryobis on the ground and piss in the model toilets. I don't think of it anymore.

>>1412526
>shopping on sunday

>>1412633
>>1412994
Before (((feminism))) women did most of these errands during the day. Men were more responsible and planned ahead for work related purchases.