20 something guys working at the local Sutherlands lumber and hardware store didn't know what a 'finish nail' is.......or 'ring shanked'; or as I found out; any nail terminology whatsoever.
Much less that I was requesting some 'ring-shanked finish nails'
It was pathetic & sad ....2 dudes pulling nails out of bins, showing them to me and I had to keep telling them "No, I don't want 16d coated sinkers" or "No, that is a galvanized roofing nail"... "No, that is a wire brad";... This went on for a while until I realized they had no idea of nail sizing or type, Or even what galvanized meant.
It was like a holy revelation on their faces
when they realized I wanted the "small head ones" with "little circles around them"
( in their words).
I weep for our future.