tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post5810349454642906604..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: Turning off the I'M SO HAPPY in the name of good old fashioned bitchingFinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-87185331452427762412013-10-10T06:50:32.676-07:002013-10-10T06:50:32.676-07:00I glue shells to shit and the shells I use can onl...I glue shells to shit and the shells I use can only be found at Michaels and I need a shitstorm of them but apparently the designated peg only holds 3 small bags so I go every 2 or 3 days to buy 3 bags cuz did you think somebody could run to the stockroom and get me10 bags or a case of them? NOT!CarlaSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07533384390135399338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-81315853838757145162013-09-30T11:20:49.561-07:002013-09-30T11:20:49.561-07:00I love me a craft store, and this one has always b...I love me a craft store, and this one has always been at the bottom of the list. In part: I feel like the shelves are way too tall (from a woman who is Amazonian in height) and there is too much dust. Dust on the baskets. Dust on the rows of fake flowers. Yuck.<br />Give me a Hobby Lobby (or preferably, a thrift store where I can find something for pennies on the dollar and make it work) any day. <br /><br />I'm sorry it was such a pain!African Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741350447523434665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-74588314382084005742013-09-27T09:15:14.717-07:002013-09-27T09:15:14.717-07:00Would you believe I have never set foot in a Micha...Would you believe I have never set foot in a Michaels? Benefit of being totally uncrafty. We do have Joann's here, and I have been in it a couple of times, with little problem. My favorite thing about Joann's is the fact that Mr. Jason the crazy fisherman goes there for darning needles, which he uses to put corn on the hook for carp fishing. He's sad about the fact that they only stock them with purple and pink handles on them. So now anytime I go in there, I imagine Mr. Jason in his disgusting fishing apparel asking where the blue-handled darning needles are. The image is enough to dispel the most negative of emotions.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-40276101012835512862013-09-26T20:09:34.916-07:002013-09-26T20:09:34.916-07:00I think that Sara needs to weigh in on the Hobby L...I think that Sara needs to weigh in on the Hobby Lobby situation since she nearly murdered someone in there the other day for the same type of treatment of which you speak, but I will give you a good old, "AMEN, SISTER" on the useless, know-nothing, aggravating-as-fuck-ness of their employees. I think they're not actually paying these people, but rather running some sort of indentured servitude situation where they release these poor souls at the end of the day into a cage without pay. That's the only thing that can justify how much these folks clearly loathe their jobs, the company, their coworkers, the customers and apparently everything about their lives.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-76631659279811202812013-09-26T20:05:15.110-07:002013-09-26T20:05:15.110-07:00Me too. Until I wrote this post, I thought it was ...Me too. Until I wrote this post, I thought it was Michael's, but thanks to a quick double check on the good old Internet I found it to, sadly, be sans apostrophe. I thought (hopefully, I might add) that someone had just let the retarded kid play with the sign printer and that accounted for the misprint, but no. It's from corporate. Where I THOUGHT there might be one person with a college degree, but...maybe not?FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-22722301665125640692013-09-26T20:00:20.656-07:002013-09-26T20:00:20.656-07:00Oh you are a smart woman. That's how Bubba lea...Oh you are a smart woman. That's how Bubba learned not to tangle with me when I do my rare Michaels runs. Yes, it looks like a crazy person's shopping list when there are line items like "ALL OF THE SMALL KRAFT BAGS THEY HAVE", but he has come to understand the woefully understocked situation in there. It's infuriating.<br /><br />Also, they have crossstitch stuff? I had no idea. Though it doesn't surprise me that the one thing that you need, they don't carry. And, if I may broadly stereotype for a minute, how would their male associate know that "nobody uses those"? Does he crossstitch? I doubt it. <br /><br />Walmart can blow me. I haven't been inside of one in over a decade and I aim to keep it that way. Even if they do stock probably everything that I'd need for these projects.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-92000987253268291402013-09-26T19:56:54.134-07:002013-09-26T19:56:54.134-07:00See, I'm the opposite. I can't go in there...See, I'm the opposite. I can't go in there without a plan because then I just walk the aisles wondering where the fuck things are that I'd actually want to buy. Everything just looks like useless crap with no purpose. And, well, I always want to smack people, so we're even there.<br /><br />JOANN's IS THE SAME WAY YES SISTER. Good lord does that place just blow.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-4543339720635676332013-09-26T13:44:17.313-07:002013-09-26T13:44:17.313-07:00My God, the last time I was in there it took me 10...My God, the last time I was in there it took me 10 minutes to just get an employee to help me, and all they did is fucking point a random direction. I got the same employee 5 minutes later to take me to the aisle I needed to go, and they showed me PAINT pens instead of my requested CHALK pens, which were locked up. I had to go to the front of the store to get help again, because the fucking chalk pens were LOCKED UP, only to be faced with the same bitch who had put me through a wild-goose chase for the previous 10 minutes. 30 minutes it took me to get 1 fucking item. Oh, and this is with a fussy baby strapped to my back, because no one could help me watch the spawnling. Amazingly, Hobby Lobby had my questions answered, item in hand, and in the cashier line in less than 5 minutes. May Michaels be flushed like the turd it is. Good fucking riddance.LauraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12085048185481613257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-37506362495848010072013-09-26T13:26:11.807-07:002013-09-26T13:26:11.807-07:00Have I mentioned that I heart you? And until I re...Have I mentioned that I heart you? And until I read this post, I thought it was Michael's, like any normal human being would assumeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632569749355891349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-25931018608497428972013-09-26T12:46:41.969-07:002013-09-26T12:46:41.969-07:00God I love you. They almost NEVER have the scrapbo...God I love you. They almost NEVER have the scrapbook adhesive I use because apparently everyone on the planet uses it, so when it is in stock I buy 10 and Matt never questions it. Well he did, until I forced him to come inside three weeks in a row to prove that they indeed, do not stock anything. It's like, I work retail, I get you have runs on stuff. But if you are CONSISTENTLY selling out of an item, then by god you double your order quantity. It's call math and I'm not a math whiz but I understand the fucking basics. Then about two months ago? I was looking for a circle thing for my cross stitch project? Yeah, they don't have them. They have every other cross stitch thing in the world, but not the circle. The guy actually said, "Nobody uses those." Really? Because I don't know how because holy shit you need your cloth stretched and firm to get your stitches to be straight. %#%!%!%#!!!!!!!<br /><br />The fact that Walmart had one? Made me die a little inside. Sara Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641499434694637445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-34204855873148845052013-09-26T07:56:48.136-07:002013-09-26T07:56:48.136-07:00I think if I just go into Michael's without a ...I think if I just go into Michael's without a clear plan in my head, I'm fine. I can wander through the aisles, looking at cheap Swedish crap...er, wait, that's Ikea...and I love Ikea. I can wander Michael's and be fine but if I have to go there looking for something, I get flaily and want to smack people. ::sigh:: I'm the same way about Joann's. Renee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513788818111774118noreply@blogger.com