WotD: hardware store

[muckefuck]

1. der Eisenwarenladen
2. de ijzenwinkel
3. la ferreteria
4. la ferretería
5. le magasin à ferraille, le magasin de quincaillerie
6. y siop nwyddau haearn/metel
7. an siopa crua-earraí
8. sklep z narzędziami
9. 철물점 (鐵物店)
10. 五金店 wǔjīndiàn

Notes: Been meaning for over a week to make it to Clark-Devon Hardware for some drain cleaner but circumstances have conspired against me. Finally I decided a weekday morning trip would be most foolproof. I was in and out in a jiffy--which frankly is a bug rather than a feature. Next time I'll try for a Saturday morning, when the...ahem...browsing is at its most rewarding.

Comments

Fun figuring out what "this" item is...

[geargail.livejournal.com]

Have to admit --- at least I feel better knowing that someone "knows" what it's like to have to buy cleanser and is unfortunately stuck at a location where there's a different take on it. (( Usually, I feel so intimidated at the hardware store... because the guy had XXX amount of experience and I lack that.))

Yes, I do realize that you've got a career in Foreign Languages --- that's all wonderful.

Somehow have you ever talked to someone at length, at a hardware store - other than in English ? Did you feel more confident, or less so ? Did you have to return an item... and unfortunately, you couldn't get the person working there to understand why...

It kinda tears my heart out --- how difficult it is to just be understood.

At least somebody cared enough that you found the aisle with the cleanser.

... have a good weekend.