Lights from the hardware store

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I didn't actually buy any of the lights that I saw because I was so mad when I discovered that I was getting FOLLOWED LIKE A CRIMINAL by employees, but still...

I was at the hardware store looking for something else when I passed by the automotive aisle where they have-- 12v lights for tractors, trailers, ATVs, and all sorts of other things that might not have come with lights in the first place. The floodlight/spotlight/headlight was something like just $15, and strongly resembled something you WOULD find on a motorcycle, it's a cheaper alternative to anything I found on eBay. They've also got reds and ambers in various sizes, all 12v.

But I won't be buying the lights from THAT hardware store. I hate getting followed like a shoplifter...
 
Their loss! There are other places to get lights, as you know. I could see it if you were 16 years old.

Terry
 
I didn't actually buy any of the lights that I saw because I was so mad when I discovered that I was getting FOLLOWED LIKE A CRIMINAL by employees, but still...

I was at the hardware store looking for something else when I passed by the automotive aisle where they have-- 12v lights for tractors, trailers, ATVs, and all sorts of other things that might not have come with lights in the first place. The floodlight/spotlight/headlight was something like just $15, and strongly resembled something you WOULD find on a motorcycle, it's a cheaper alternative to anything I found on eBay. They've also got reds and ambers in various sizes, all 12v.

But I won't be buying the lights from THAT hardware store. I hate getting followed like a shoplifter...

What hardware store was it? I'll be sure to avoid it because I always look guilty of something!:devilish:
 
What hardware store was it? I'll be sure to avoid it because I always look guilty of something!:devilish:

the Ace out by Brookfield Square. the only reason I went there is because I work in B'Field and it's right at the bus stop I get off to continue on to work.

I go there a lot, but when I turned to leave the automotive aisle, there was an employee leaning up against a display or something watching me-- he was being pretty obvious about it, but I didn't notice until then because I was ACTUALLY looking at the lights, not just pretending I was.
 
Their loss! There are other places to get lights, as you know. I could see it if you were 16 years old.

Terry

There is always the Farm & Fleet, which probably has a larger selection anyway, and there is the Ace a couple miles from my house. Because of the neighborhood THAT one is in, I am completely run of the mill at that one (working class DIYer)
 
Not too sure I'd take it seriously. Pilferage is becoming a huge problem in theses tuff times. Maybe the clerk was eyeballing you for some other reason!
 
Not too sure I'd take it seriously. Pilferage is becoming a huge problem in theses tuff times. Maybe the clerk was eyeballing you for some other reason!

he was old enough to be my father, so I HOPE he wasn't ogling me

and I'm really not that hot... :sick:

I work retail, so I KNOW that shoplifters exist, but I wasn't doing anything that was suspicious... I just get followed A LOT.
 
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