This was considered a comically stupid teenager in the 90s for not knowing what a tap and die is
>>223733207Well he literally got himself killed and blew up an entire Walmart despite Hank already telling him that he shouldn’t drag a propane tank and why, so I’d say he’s actually sub 60 IQ
>>223733207I unironically had this this exact conversation in a tractor supply one time except the kid was way too excited to help me. And he did up finding me a tap and die set after I explained what itxs used for and he went and talked to his manager.
>>223733207>okay I want a hammer, where would I look for a hammer?
>>223733333Honestly Hank's own fault for going to the category killer store and not going to a dedicated hardware store plus nice quints
>>223733333He's an employee there, not some random stranger on the street. He should know where the products are.
>>223733207Okay, but what is it youre trying to do?
>>223733520Why doesn’t Hank know where the hardware department is? That’s kindaaaa womanly to ask for help for something so simple
>>223733524Guess what
>>223733207>tap and diewtf is that?
>>223733257
he got to tap luanne. buckley won.
>>223733520Actually no. When you pay someone the bare minimum they actually arent required to do anything but the bare minimum of showing up.
>>223733909This. If you expect me to have an encyclopedic knowledge on everything in Walmart then make me a manager at that point lol
>>223733378>he went and talked to his manager.and now he's mr manager himself
>>223733866Luanne was a defiled by an ugly bastard redneck though and then she died of a drug overdose.
IMO the smarter KotH writers knew Hank was a hypocritical boomer and wrote situations like that to show it. Everyone knows department store employees are underpaid and undertrained because the goal of a department store is to offer the cheapest goods possible. Hank claims to be a small town conservative but instead of going to one of the myriad small town tool shops that would've existed in and around Arlen he cheaps out and goes to the department store but still demands the top quality service such ma and pa shops would provide for a little extra money. But when HIS livelihood is threatened by a department store potentially destroying his employment offering cheaper goods with shittier service suddenly Hank thinks this is a great affront against God.
>>223734261We just say manager, buddy.>”but you said—“Doesn’t matter who
>>223733909I thought they got paid decently but i just looked it up and the starting pay was 6 a hour in 2000. Why the hell do people work there?
>>223734284Yeah early KOTH was smart with its satire, then as it went on it just became Hank right everyone else wrong
>>223733629It's some "handy man" thing.
>>223733866He tapped her.Then he died.
>>223734328Shithole like Walmart and Mcdicks used to take anyone with a pulse and thus were good first jobs for shithead teens to try and learn some actual work ethic and responsibility.These days they'll only take jeets looking to immigrate to a new country so the system betrayed our youth.
>>223734803>the system betrayed our youth.The youth don't want to work.
>>223734803Jeets don’t work at walmart and McDonald’s. It’s still Mexicans and blacks
>>223733909That's not how a job works, zoomie. You'll know this if you ever bother getting one.
>>223734284you're mostly right. i think hank did enter the place hesitantly though at least, but its been a while. so the gag was more about him having just inane expectations
>>223734826You're right. I dont want to wage away grinding out a few more shekels for noseberg while not being able to afford a house. I'd rather be a leech on his side instead.
>>223733909That's completely incorrect. Jesus fucking christ.
>>223733207a tap and die might be excusable but he was the guy in the hardware section and he also didnt know where the hammers were. also in other episodes is was shown that most of the employees at mega lo mart are lazy teens that dont give a shit.
>>223733207What the fuck is a tap and die?
>>223733629It's a discreet codeword for an object that conservative-adjacent men use for gay sex.
>>223734865A job should provide a livable wage. Like you do realize All this nonsense about writing off certain jobs as “entry level and for teens” is just so they can fuck them over in pay and only give them weekend hours
What's up with all the boomerguys? who think we should still work like niggers for peanuts just because they were good goys who did that?
>>223734284watch the show retard. the ma and pa shops were constantly getting shut down in favor for mega lo mart in the early seasons, and in later seasons he embraces new small businesses like the food co-op because mega lo mart had shitty food. they only go to mega lo mart out of need.
>>223733610Hank avoided going to the big box stores because they're too big to quickly find what you need and preferred smaller shops.
>>223733909This anon has literally never been employed.
>>223733909So, in this fantasy scenario that you've concocted, employers hire people to simply take their money? Your brain comes up with retarded ideas.
>>223733909Uh no. You're expected to know how to do your job like knowing where stuff is in your department.
>>223734826only retards dont want to work. teens who do end up working love having the disposable income. the thing is that now its harder because they dont get the other conveniences boomers got like cars or apartments on their own and bosses expect part timers to live and breathe their job for no paid overtime.
>>223733257I kept waiting for the final act twist where it was revealed he was safe and hiding the whole time. Bold move of the show to kill him off permanently.
I prefer Rad Thibideaux and his...darth vader? I expected a hula girl
>>223735066I can't get a job. I have autism and am very stupid. I worked at a job training thing specifically for people on the autism spectrum for all of 2025 but then I realized that my boss actually never officially signed me up for the program because she didn't like me but wanted me to work for her for nothing anyway, so I was exploited for an entire year and now have nothing in return. I feel like such an idiot.I'm thirty two. I have no money, no work experience, can't drive, have never been in a relationship, and don't have my youth as an excuse for any of these things anymore. I have absolutely nothing and my life is not worth living.
>>223734979Yeah, we should kill them but nobody wants to do that.
>>223735126You worked for a whole year without getting paid?
>>223735126have you considered assisted suicide?
I'm deliberately unhelpful amd engage in nothing but malicious compliance at my wage cage. Feels good ngl.
>>223735098>bold move of the show to kill to kill him off permanently He was a throw away character anyways and it was the safest move they could have made. If anything they just used his death to further character growth for Luanne
>>223735186Yes. I thought that I would be able to use it for experience but was never actually enrolled in the program. I didn't expect to be exploited that blatantly by a professional. Her son has nonverbal autism and claims that her son is a genius, so, to her, all autistic people are retarded, which is why she thought that she could get away with it, but the real reason why she was able to get away with it is that it was such a shitty thing to do that I didn't even consider that it might happen. I think that she's a psychopath, because if I were able to exploit someone for a full year, I wouldn't be able to do it, even if I hated them. But I can't even mention that I ever worked there now because I yelled at her the last time I talked to her. That was the only time I was ever even remotely confrontational with her, but I was exploited in a way that was so insulting and cruel that I could hardly believe it. Things were already bad for me and this was my last ditch effort to turn things around, and it just created another scar for me on top of all the other scars. I hate her and can't believe that she gets away with this.>>223735217Yes, but I live in America. When it becomes an option in America, though, I'll probably do it.
>>223733909Holy shit the one boomer restaurant owner who samefagged this post like 7 times lol
>>223735687I just don't get it. Was it not a paying position? You agreed to work for free for a year in exchange for a letter of recommendation? Nobody gives a fuck about that you could just lie to any mcjob, they're not going to check.
>>223733520lol no.I had no idea where shit was when I was a retail wagie because I never cared to memorize jack or shit. I'd direct them to the general department and let them find it because we had those stupid SMART goals to work on too.
>>223735098Rip Bucky, who could forget the classic line Hey
>>223735126>I realized that my boss actually never officially signed me up for the program because she didn't like me but wanted me to work for her for nothing anyway, so I was exploited for an entire year and now have nothing in return.Were you entitled to pay? I think the NLRA would entitle you to pay if you worked like an employee and were treated like one. If it's just experience or something that you wanted, you can still put a year's work experience on your resume.
>>223733610Its literally the first time hes been in there. He goes there reluctantly out of necessity but the first time they let him down hes calling them damn bastards.
>>223736159>I'd direct them to the general departmentYou literally did what Hank wanted and Bucky failed at. This is all people are asking for and somehow you're twisting it around like you're not doing your job.
>>223736690This was an Ace Hardware where you're expected to hover over the customer and be at their beck and call and also do a dozen other bullshit things. Also when I tried my way, I eventually got written up by a secret shopper and brought the store's reputation down because of it lmao. Otherwise most customers didn't give a shit because I know an old boomer knows what he's looking for.Fuck secret shoppers I hate those faggots so much.
>>223737018We hate you too.t. Secret shopper
>>223737018>you're expected to hover over the customerReally? They have literally never said anything to me any of the times I go in there.
>>223737018>>223737299Also who the fuck needs help in an ace hardware? They're not exactly big.
>>223733499Its no better there. Theyre entirely occupied by kids who stand around and know fuckall, you need to patrol the entire store and find the one old guy just so he can point you the plumbing section so you can find an eye hook>why is it thereGREAT QUESTION!
>>223733629zoom zoom
>>223733378I mean, good on him for self-improving. At the end of the day these stores need bodies putting shit on shelves and they can't only hire actual craftsmen
>>223733909Man this post really got the boomers and kikes seething
>>223733629it's when I fuck your mom and the experience traumatizes her so much she kills herself
Is this true?
I'd run and pretend to look busy if I saw your ass walking towards me too, Gramps
>>223737539Zoomers are the first generation to consciously make things worse. Every previous generation at least had good intentions even if they were retarded.
>>223736159Now they just grunt “It’s on the app!” In your direction. I swear weed dispensaries are the only places with good customer service.
>>223733207Why do boomers love berating min wage employees?In fact, they love abusing people in general. As proof of this go find a youtube video of some kid/teen misbehaving and you'll get a ton of comments below, "If that was my kid I would give him the beating of a lifetime." They get off on it.
>>223737715weed dispensaries like how Walgreens is for old people, dude, the hippie tenders in there talk for fucking half an hour at a time to everyone, its annoyingI go in, make my purchase, pay and I'm outI'm not going to talk to this mf for 20 minutes about duuude maaan broooo
>>223737715Because you're gonna be wasting more time asking them for help, waiting for them to pull out their phone, and looking for what aisle your bad dragon dildo and loli tenga and tranny flag dresses are on. They're literally just going to the app like you would do.>b-buh they should know...See: >>223734185
>>223735126No one likes a Debbie downer, anon.
>No one likes a Debbie downer, anon.
>>223733207i don't know what tapping dye is either.
>>223733866tryke
>>223738003I wish I could throw water on you right now.
>>223737766Do you realize that I'm talking about these things after they happened and not before, you stupid fucking moron? Saying that would only make sense if I said it and then it happened. You're blaming the fact that I'm in this situation on the fact that I'm talking about it after it happening to me. Eat shit and die the most painful death that you can possibly imagine.
>>223735126Just use that as the experience on the resume, there's a lot of jobs that will hire anyone. Look to see what your city has to offer too, the first "real" job I had was working as a nursing assistant at a psych ward and they just need people to do the grunt work like handing out food, taking vitals, and tard wrangling. Maybe where you live they have something like that if you could deal with it
>>223737731They were abused themselves, abuse is an they know, so they perpetuate the system of abuse. It's the prison rape system.
>>223738516I guess a lot of /tv/ anons haven't actually watched KotH with how Cotton raised Hank
>>223734276no she married a rockstar and they both died of a drug overdose
>>223733207wtf they had zoomers in the 90s!?
>>223733909If you're going to act like this then it's hypocritical for you to expect any modicum of respect from your customers.
>>223735126The excesses of wealth and modernity will be culled, anon
>>223735126Well if you're going to kill yourself you should at least track down this woman and take her down with you.
>>223738681No they're Gen-Xers who were the slacker idiots
>>223737731They love inflicting the pain of their shitty childhoods on everyone else>Oh hush you're FINE>Hey if I lived through it you'll be ok
>>223735126volunteer somewhere that provides accommodation, overseas if necessary.things like a driving license and first aid certification help, but any kinds of skills can be useful.look up some volunteer organisations, avoid the big charities and don't go to disgusting places.can do it for 3-6 months, depending on what it is, food and board provided good for cv.knew someone who volunteered for the forestry service each summer, but there's lots of stuff.
>>223733909boomers will say some shit about putting in your best effort regardless, but when boomers took those "shitty" minwage jobs when they were young, minimum wage had the same spending power of earning fucking $200,000+ a year today. you could work as a part time grocery bagger and buy a house, a car, support a wife and kids, and put yourself through a harvard education. that was a fucking MINIMUM wage salary in the 1960s and 70s, when the country was still white and hadn't been fucking tsunami'd with over 100,000,000 foreign browns.
>>223733207>There are different sized drill bits. There are different sized holes; how do you think that happens?
>>223737731They expect people to behave like good people.
Hey it’s that Hank Hill fella that lives on the block next to us.
>>223733909true
>>223733207>there is a display of "king of the hill" wd40 at the home depot
>>223733207something like 15 years ago my friends and I would lose our shit at recordings of people prank calling Home Depot with a soundboard of clips from this episode
>>223733207How the fuck is he supposed to know about some random bullshit that nobody except old fucking Boomers use?
>>223737413Shut the fuck up millennial. How about you zoom zoom towards your suicide
>>223733257Im glad OPD valves are now required by law, i tell you what.
>>223740384meds
>>223736159>lol no he shouldn’t know the information required to perform his job correctly >I never did because I never cared
>>223734276>>223738633Luanne is still alive. She and Lucky take Bobby in when Hank and Peggy go to Saudi Arabia.
>>223733629Like for bolts or threaded pipe. The tap is used for cutting female threads and a die is used for cutting male threads. You can also use them for cleaning up dirty or damaged threads. Pull a bolt out of something and it doesn't want to thread back in? Chase the threads.
>>223733207What the hell is a tap and die? I've literally never heard of such a thing.
>>223741468chase some pussy gay ass nigga
>>223733378I hope you gave that young man a firm handshake
>>223741468This honestly sounds fucking made up.
>>223741544How about I tap your hole bitch boy>>223741568Yeah, I just thought it up. You got me.
>>223741468>You can also use them for cleaning up dirty or damaged threads.You shouldn't tho. There are different taps and dies for cleaning and repairing.>>223739154>Cool millenial black manager leaves>Gen X spic takes over as manager>blah blah blah we didn't have all these fancy machines in my day>Asian assistant manager quits within a month>gets replaced with timid hispanic guy that's afraid to speak upFancy machines start breaking down because he stops paying for routine maintenance. He gets a bigger bonus for lowering the budget. Tells us to just work harder and then he wonders why everyone hates his guts and keeps giving him bad reviews. The reviews are suppose to be anonymous, but the way one person wrote theirs he was able to figure out who it was and he retaliated. HR got involved and managers from other departments have to come in and do inspections to make sure he's doing what he's suppose to.
Pipes don't bend
>>223733257FPBP
>>223734803I applied for a backroom, part time job at Target several years ago. They made me take a test and go to an interview where I was being asked customer service questions for some reason. I was not hired.
>>223740201
>>223737596hehe
>>223734826an actual baby boomer on my 4channel...
>>223735126Anon, what?This is 100% bullshit, because if it isn't then you go HIRE A LAWYER AND FUCKING SUE HER ASS. RETARD
>>223737225>t. Super Sucker (of Cocks)
>>223740346That sounds like a fun time. I hope you guys stayed in touch.
>>223739949Old people bitching about young people is never going away
>>223743141Truth to power, anon. I smiled at the other anon calling zoomers the worst generation ever; every fucking old grouch in history has said the same thing.
>tap and die>he tapped Luanne then diedHoly shit...
>>223735126>I realized that my boss actually never officially signed me up for the program because she didn't like me but wanted me to work for her for nothing anyway, so I was exploited for an entire year and now have nothing in returnDoubtful, that's very illegal.
>>223738773No he shouldn't, because he's mentally ill and probably completely misinterpreted what happened. Don't take his word for it.
>>223733625chicken fart
>>223741468nigga just say a drill then tf
>>223734756Underrated
>>223742383What the fuck is the context of this
>>223743946https://youtu.be/CoF42UppkI4?si=1O7FxDEWgT8aU4PE&t=221
>>223744158Thanks anon, that was delightful.
>>223737384If you’re so much smarter why can’t you find it yourself?
>>223737626Wtf I love zoomers now
>>223733909You're philosemetic and pro-immigrant.
>>223739949indeed. the current human youth have been ghettoised and judenised, while the rest of them are just third world animals
>>223733866>>223737879My gf looks like Luannne, even dresses like her and has an eerily similar shitty family, except she's appalachian and her dad actually worked in an oil refinery. I can confirm I'm retarded.
>>223743195He literally let her get away with it. If that happened to me they would still be shoveling the ash up from that wreckage but he just took it. Even jannies at least know they're not getting paid.
>>223741568>This honestly sounds fucking made up.
>>223735125I never noticed the Vader figurine
>>223733378Never heard of it and I'm old A tap and die set is a toolkit used to cut or repair screw threads in metal, plastic, or wood.• Taps cut internal threads (like inside a nut or a drilled hole so a bolt can screw into it).• Dies cut external threads (like on the outside of a rod, shaft, or stripped bolt so a nut can screw onto it)
>>223733257Fans often speculate or jokeabout Hank was the one that blew up the Walmart because:• He deeply resented the big-box store for putting local businesses in jeopardy and stealing his propane sales.• He had just been forced to take a job there.• He famously loves propane and survived the blast (while Buckley sadly did not)
>>223748436>AI summaryDumber than Buckley or Luanne
>>223735468And Kahn. The way his depressed state of mind latched on to the tragedy was some great writing.
>>223733207Notice that Hank Hill groans in disgust at the fact that the kid doesn't know anything, and yet he also neglects to teach him once he has the item in hand, and so the kid remains untaught.
