Lowe’s is a popular home improvement retailer, but do you really need to visit a Lowe’s store today?
If the following factors apply to you, today might not be the best day to shop at a Lowe’s store.
1. You already bought everything you need
If you already bought everything you need for today or this week, then there’s no reason to shop at the store.
Why spend gas money to take the time to shop at Lowe’s, if there’s nothing you need to buy?
Shopping at Lowe’s when there’s nothing you need to buy is probably not going to be an effective use of your time.
2. There’s no Lowe’s store near you
If you’ve moved to or are working in an area where there aren’t any Lowe’s stores nearby, then that’s a good reason why you might not want to shop at Lowe’s today.
If the idea of shopping at Lowe’s still appeals to you, you might have to factor in the time and gas money it will cost you to shop there instead of someplace closer. If the closest Lowe’s is a bit too far away, it will be more convenient for you to shop at a closer home improvement retailer or hardware store.
3. You know they won’t have what you’re shopping for
Lowe’s has a wide selection of tools, hardware, and building materials, as well as appliances, home décor, lawn & garden products, and cleaning supplies.
But, they don’t carry everything.
If you’re shopping for something that Lowe’s doesn’t sell, it might be best to shop somewhere else.
For instance, Lowe’s doesn’t sell pillows (at least not in-store), Milwaukee power tools, car seats, apples, dress socks, breakfast cereal, digital cameras, or smartphones. If you’re shopping for these or many other types of products that Lowe’s doesn’t carry, then you should probably shop somewhere else.
No, This Isn’t a Real Article
A[nother] ridiculous article hit my news feed last night, with the headline being about 3 signs it’s time to cancel a wholesale club membership.
The article describes how you should probably cancel your wholesale club membership if 1) you rarely shop at the store, 2) you’re moving someplace where the store doesn’t have a local presence, and 3) you tend to overspend at the store.
How’s that an article?
I have been seeing more and more articles like this from household media names and nationwide organizations, and it boggles my mind.
An article titled How to Know if You’re Drinking Enough Water, might have 2-4 encyclopedic-like paragraphs about water, and then a short paragraph about how you’re not drinking enough water if you’re feeling thirsty.
There are too many tool articles like this too. The Best [Type of Tool], with a couple of generic “drills drill holes” and “saws cut things” paragraphs followed by a list of Amazon bestsellers.
In a recent How to Change a Drill Bit article that hit my news feed, they talked about “the trigger” and how it “controls the flow of energy from the battery to the motor.” If a cordless drill user manual doesn’t depict how to change drill bits clearly enough, confused users need simple instructions or visuals, not page-filler.
So, I decided to write a tongue-in-cheek post that subtly mocks recent trends. Hopefully I’m not the only one who has been frustrated at these highly-visible low-quality news stories.
In other news, the sky is blue, it’s dark at night, water is wet, ice is cold.
Clickbait has also gotten worse, and that’s something I try my best to avoid as well.
And, just to be clear, it’s perfectly okay to shop at Lowe’s – or anywhere else – even if you’re not shopping for anything specific.
Now that I’ve gotten these satirical words of protest off my chest, I’m off to work on a project.
