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Originally Posted by billyboy

That was part of the problem, he was no kid, at least 35 years old. I found the spade bits, the forstners, hammer drill bits , masonry, TIN coated , cobalt, the brad point, etc. All I wanted was the HSS, jobber length, 135 degree point standard drill bit. They actually didn't have those, the closest thing was a cobalt bit in that size. I didn't tell the whole story the first time, all of this occurred after I asked him twice about the bits but he couldn't hear me due to the blue tooth in his ear. And I've never been accused of being soft spoken.

I'm 38. If you asked me for "twist drill bits", I wouldn't have known that they were just normal bits. I'd have thought that they might be, but since you asked in an unusual way, I'd have thought that you were asking about something unusual.

Of course, I don't work in a hardware store either. But I don't expect people who work in stores to actually know anything about what they are selling. I generally assume that they don't and occasionally I'm pleasantly surprised.