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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy
I would not confront azzwipe directly but probably would have calmly walked to the front of the store and encouraged them to call security to the saw station because there was a dangerously unruly customer screaming at an employee. Then quietly sat back and watch the show.
I worked as a lifeguard/swim instructor in college and one of the training fundamentals was to assess the situation and if it looks like it is getting out of control, get help. We had the local cops on speed dial and they responded promptly to out-of-control teen gang bangers who occasionally created an incident on the pool deck. Once the cops arrived these juiced-up teens would usually get in the cops face and were promptly handcuffed and hauled off. It was a good system that prevented lifeguards from getting knifed in the back.
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Different focus. HD doesn't care that much. It would have to be quite a problem. Just my opinion of HD.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The world is full of people like that. Fortunately, we get to choose whether or not we let them into ours.
With no more at stake than a piece of scrap wood and a few moments of your time, you did the right thing.
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You've tried to tell a HD employee something? There are several of us here that know building and home improvement very well. I'd say MOST here know more about construction and HI than today's HD employees. You would be wasting your breath. If in fact the blade was dull that's your sign fight there that HD all the way to management are not there to know F all about HI. FOA, the saw would be a liability. I'd love to see an insurance surveyor see that but I'm not sure about anyone in the ins business anymore. They likely don't know of the dangers of dull blades.
Last thing: anything laminate from IKEA to high end is going to chip out even with the sharpest of blades. A proper laminate saw has 2 blades in line, the first one barely makes a score cut a few thousands wider than the second blade that cuts through the work. This little episode had no way of going well and that tells you of the ignorance present there. The employee was at fault for even thinking about cutting something not sold there. Aside from the behavior, I side with the jerk. Then again he got what he deserved.
If you carry it one step further, the saws at HD are meant for wood and wood products exclusively. Laminates contain hazardous materials that they are not set up for AFA collection and filtering.
You gonna tell these idiots one tenth of all that?