Erin I agree you should move temporarily while they remodel. Remodels are usually very smelly, and the smells are of toxic things, usually. You don't need that added stress.

I have only been to Walmart once. We have no big box stores near us here, so going to Walmart is a 40 mile roundtrip, and I did it only to get plants.

As for young people being crass, the TV news was pointing out today that their role models are people like Justin Bieber. They showed a segment of him being insulting to the judge who was trying to take a deposition concerning his bodyguard attacking a photographer. He looked very surly and superior. Who else do the youngsters follow these days--just as crass as Justin Bieber?
It is so nice to meet people who are polite and helpful, isn't it? That happens too.