[dafischer]

So the dishwasher in one of our rentals starts leaking water on the floor, which is wide pine boards, so NFG. I called our local appliance store that we buy from, and find out that they couldn't get one for me until September, since just about everything except the wrong part is backordered. He advises checking a Big Box.

I found one at Home Depot that could be delivered yesterday, crossed my fingers and ordered it. After sitting around with my thumb up my ass during the 4 hour delivery window, they finally arrived. Guy goes in the kitchen to uninstall the old one, and says we've got a problem, since the installers are only equipped with 4 foot supply hoses, and our setup requires an 8 footer. They advise that I take the 4 footer to Home Depot to exchange it for an 8 footer, they'll leave the dishwasher on the porch, and I can call to have them come back to install and haul the old one.

I drove to HD (about 10 miles away), swapped the hose, came back to call the install/delivery people to reschedule, and the earliest they can get back is next Wednesday. ARRRRRGH!! If I hadn't been so pissed while they were there, I would have thought the logical thing and told them to use the old hose and be done with it, BUT NOOOOO.
To the idiots at Home Depot...one size hose does not fit all, equip your installers with several sizes to cover instances like this