Witeowl, your post made me laugh. When my younger son was in first grade, in 1991, we had him evaluated. When we went to the meeting to go over the results, I totally ignored my DH and went over the testing with the teachers and others at the meeting. Finally, he turned to me and said, "I don't understand a damn thing you are saying..." I then realized how parents must feel and never did that again.
All I know is one fact: I could never work in a customer service type job.

And, I have never been in a WalMart. Or, a Costco, Sam's Club, etc. I do my grocery shopping at local chains (5-8 stores), Trader Joe's, and a local natural foods store. At this time of year, I go to local farms and farmer's markets.
We bought all of our bikes at 3 different lbs'. However, we do buy all of the parts for repair/replacement on line. When my son was racing, it was financially necessary for my DH to learn how to wrench. He is extremely mechanical, so it's not like it was something that was hard for him. I mean, when I bought my second road bike, the shop wired my computer backwards and the LBS I bought my Kuota from has made several stupid mechanical mistakes that my DH fixed. I buy my bike clothing here at TE or Terry. The only time we had to bring a bike to a shop for work is when my DH messed up his disc brakes on his mtb. We don't have the tool to work on that, and since we barely ride those bikes, we won't get it.

Again, I would love to have a shop that wasn't condescending to women near me!