Ferreteria

I just got back from the ferreteria (hardware store).

I was looking for paint.  To be more specific white, oil-based, semi-gloss paint.

 

When I got there the girl at the front counter asked what I was looking for....

I said piant.

She asked what color?

I said white.

She asked oil or water based.

I said oil.

She asked one of the stock boys to see if they had any....
They didn't even have to go look, they didn't.

They didn't have water based paint either, 

or any of the other things I was looking for...

Talk about discouraging.... 

We went to the only other ferreteria in town, and they weren't open.  1:00 pm on a Tuesday.  

Maybe they were closed for lunch.