Mr. Home Depot

Over the course of the last 3 months we have made a few visits to the local Home Depot. Some, well one of us makes a few visits to the local Home Depot every day. Yes that may sound a little extreme or a bit of an exaggeration. You would think so but it is a reality. The old man is a bit of a celebrity there. Everyone, well not everyone but quite a few of the employees know him well. We have teased him quite a bit about him going to see his girlfriends there. Obvioulsy not reality but we like to tease him and he plays along well. Even ma got in on the act last week asking him about his Home Depot Girlfriends. Pretty funny.

Dave and Amy and I joked about getting him some Home Depot gear, maybe an apron, for fathers day. On Saturday night I rolled up prior to closing and sought out an apron. I was directed to Ashley in the Paint Dept. and she went to work for me. The actual aprons that the employees wear are not available to the public. Not surprising as nearly anyone could get one and impersonate. That would be a headache. No they have something they refer to as SOP or standard operating procedure and it specifies that these aprons are to be warn by active employees only. They can only be given to the public in the event that authorization has been received from the Vice President of the entire company. That is crazy but the reasoning is completely understandable. Ashley tried but the head honcho at the store said no. Well, we didn't stop there. Ashley came up with the idea of using one of the kids workshop aprons. Perfect. She decorated with dads name and then wrote "from all your friends and GIRLFRIENDS at 4418" (or whatever the store number is). Classic.

I am proud to present Mr. Home Depot modeling his new pride and joy:



Most grateful for Mr. Home Depot. He makes life a great and fun adventure. Appreciate very much the example you are pops and love you very much.