Home Depot Defense
To the Editor:
Home Depot has received quite a
bashing, from the guys at my local lumberyards
to the subs on my jobs. The
usual complaints are that you have to
carry lumber through a grocery checkout
line; you ask for products only to be
looked at like you are speaking Chinese;
you have to bump elbows with Harry
the homeowner, who wants the five
minute breakdown on wiring his own
house; and — the granddaddy of them
all — you're taking jobs away from the
local suppliers by shopping there.
Although I have run into these things
at the "Depot," I have a few things to
say in their defense. They open at