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February 12th, 2007 by mike d. in House of Rock

currently eating: peanuts

Yesterday I bought a toilet.

Home Depot was mere minutes away from closing for the evening and they only had one register open. The cashier was having difficulties and it looked like it could take awhile.

So I pushed my cart over to the ’self service’ registers, picked up the toilet, held it at arms length, and swung it back and forth over the scanner until I heard the beep of recognition.

As I placed the toilet onto the items shelf, employees shouted from behind me

“Whoa! you did it!”
“You’re the man!”

It was magnificent.

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15 Comments »

Comment by Jon Abad |
2007-02-12 12:23:16

They don’t have those scanner guns in the self service lane?

Comment by mike d. |
2007-02-12 14:28:39

I did not notice any. Though until your comment, I didn’t know they existed.

 
Comment by Aaron |
2007-02-12 14:35:12

Are you kidding? You trust the unwashed masses with a scanner gun? With a laser in it? I’ve never seen any sort of self-checkout thing with a scanner gun.

Comment by Jon Abad |
2007-02-12 18:07:52

i trust the unwashed with class 1 lasers that couldn’t hurt a fly.

I’ve also never seen a self-checkout thing with a scanner gun but i wouldn’t have thought home depot as a place with a self-checkout thing exactly because of what mr.didonato did.

 
 
 
Comment by liz |
2007-02-12 12:51:19

why on earth did you buy a toilet? we already have more toilets than needed in the house…

Comment by mike d. |
2007-02-12 12:57:25

we installed a toilet where the drum set seat is. That way, if you were jamming on the drums, your need of the facilities wouldn’t limit your rocking.

Comment by liz |
2007-02-12 13:05:28

as long as the contents dont end up in my room, i’m fine with that

 
Comment by Aaron |
2007-02-12 14:14:22

Best idea ever. Throne as throne.

 
 
 
Comment by Anita Clue |
2007-02-12 14:57:13

I suppose you’re flushed with pride?

Comment by Jon Abad |
2007-02-12 18:10:57

Punny.

Very punny.

 
 
Comment by Sander from Chi-Town |
2007-02-12 22:45:00

Dear Mike D.
Sometimes, I really love your random stories. This was one of them.

Love,

_Sander

 
Comment by Kate (from ohio) |
2007-02-13 10:47:39

I just want clarification…. you bought a toilet, but your not planning to use it as a toilet? Instead your using it as a throne for a drum set?

Comment by mike d. |
2007-02-13 11:02:57

What can I say? Sometimes being male is awesome because we come up with killer ideas.

Comment by Anita Clue |
2007-02-13 12:16:49

Sometimes being a woman is awesome not only because we come up with killer ideas, but also because men could never handle that whole pregnancy and delivery thing. Oddly enough, this comment actually applies to the topic as well.

 
 
 
Comment by Roland |
2007-02-18 10:41:41

Awesome. Even more so that you are using it for a drum seat.

 
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