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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by mynameisash on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:56AM (#28037294)
> imagine being a small business trying to survive that environment!

I was just at McLendon's yesterday outside Seattle, and while I was waiting to ask an employee a question, over the PA a came a message like, "need help up front. A couple just left the store with a bunch of stolen merchandise." So the dude bolted for the entrance.

It surprised me that the announcement wasn't coded in some way (eg, "code 9 at checkout").

It made me feel quite sad, as McLendon's is pretty awesome, and I'd hate for them to disappear.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by matheweis on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:08PM (#28039431)
Have shopped at McLendon’s many times. Preferred them before I moved, but now they are quite a bit further. That’s terrible that it’s happening to them too, I hope they make it.
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