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Home depot is the weirdest loving store. Any time I ask any employee literally any question they stare at you blankly and go “uhhhhhh let me look that up” or “sorry I don’t work in this area of the store” it’s like every single person working there started the job 5 minutes ago. I think I could cosplay as a Home Depot employee better than someone who actually works there. I no longer bother asking anyone where anything is because aimlessly wandering the aisles is faster.
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pencilhands posted:I think I could cosplay as a Home Depot employee better than someone who actually works there. prove it
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Oct 25, 2023 17:47
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can we modchallenge pencilhands to go work at home depot for free? is that internet slavery??
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Oct 25, 2023 17:48
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I talked to a home depot employee once ever. I needed some galvanized pipe threaded. They got me some guy and he threaded my pipe and I left without issue.
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Oct 25, 2023 17:48
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theres a good hank of the hill episode about this
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Oct 25, 2023 17:50
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Retail employees not giving a gently caress or knowing anything is the fault of the employer, not the employee
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Oct 25, 2023 17:51
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Nobody working retail wanted to wind up working in retail. Just be glad they can ring you up.
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Oct 25, 2023 17:52
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I'm so mad at home depot employees that I'd be in my right mind to go blow up the men's room with a bricklike-turd and leave it for them
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Oct 25, 2023 17:54
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"Let me look it up" IS THEM HELPING YOU you rear end in a top hat How can retail drones know everything about all the technical poo poo in a store that big
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Oct 25, 2023 17:55
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You get what you pay for and those people aren't paid enough to be knowledgeable or give a poo poo
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Oct 25, 2023 17:56
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I wouldn’t give any advice to a non ticketed person either. Go watch a YouTube video and leave me out of your future injury or structural collapse. Home Depot employees ignoring diyers is actually good and cool.
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Oct 25, 2023 17:57
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At the start of COVID at The Home Depot:
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Oct 25, 2023 18:02
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all the contractors are laughing at you bumbling around the aisles trying to find a conduit box and rightly so
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Oct 25, 2023 18:04
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why know things when you can get Jamie to pull that up
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Oct 25, 2023 18:04
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how do you know they don't know anything if you've shown up not knowing anything? they might be sharing their wisdom with you and you're too stupid to realise, op
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Oct 25, 2023 18:16
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Noblesse Obliged posted:I wouldn’t give any advice to a non ticketed person either. Go watch a YouTube video and leave me out of your future injury or structural collapse. i just want to know where the 3m respirator cartridges and bug spray are you loving prick
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Oct 25, 2023 18:18
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The most knowledgeable Home Depot employee is the guy who cuts boards to size
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Oct 25, 2023 18:29
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MrQwerty posted:i just want to know where the 3m respirator cartridges and bug spray are you loving prick I don’t work in that dept
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Oct 25, 2023 18:40
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when i asked the guy where their left-handed monkey wrenches were kept he just laughed at me
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Oct 25, 2023 18:49
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MrQwerty posted:i just want to know where the 3m respirator cartridges and bug spray are you loving prick I just look up what aisle it will be in on the website while I sit in the parking lot It has vastly improved my home improvement store visits
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Oct 25, 2023 18:55
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MrQwerty posted:i just want to know where the 3m respirator cartridges and bug spray are you loving prick lol if you cant walk backwards and blindfolded to the auras at this point.
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Oct 25, 2023 18:55
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go there and keep asking people if they "got wood?" lmao 
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MrQwerty posted:I'm so mad at home depot employees that I'd be in my right mind to go blow up the men's room with a bricklike-turd and leave it for them
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Oct 25, 2023 18:57
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theres sawdust everywhere you dont need to use the washroom
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Oct 25, 2023 19:00
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flubber nuts posted:lol if you cant walk backwards and blindfolded to the auras at this point. auras aren't chemical filters thanks for being worthless!
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Oct 25, 2023 19:07
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Ban pencilhands until they put up or shut up and get a job at home depot
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Oct 25, 2023 19:07
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Here's my experience after working at Home Depot seven years ago for two months: -They ask if you have any knowledge or experience that would apply to a specific department. They then ignore that and put you in the department with the lowest staffing.* -Training consists of sitting at a computer clicking through modules for most of your first day. -After having way too much information thrown at you over the course of several hours, you're given a phone and sent to the floor with someone who has slightly more seniority than you to give you a tour of your department. You've probably seen employees with the phones. It's the only way they can find anything in the store. It's basically homedepot.com with more detailed inventory info. -If they train you to use a forklift or reach truck, you'll be constantly paged out of your department to move things around. -If you work in lumber, you'll either be moving poo poo with a forklift or at the saws, listening to people complain that you won't cut all their 2x4s for free. -DIYers wanting to find a random item were among the easiest people to deal with. -Contractors were often impatient and wanted you to have the knowledge of a journeyman. I don't remember the 5 minute module on different types of concrete. You're supposed to be the expert on this. -The pay is barely above minimum wage, and there's no employee discount (because "HD already has the best prices! If we offered an employee discount, we couldn't offer lower prices for our customers!") -There is a morning meeting that everyone is required to attend ala Walmart cheering/chanting. *I thought this was just something that happened at my store, but a recent trip to the nearest HD confirmed it wasn't. I was looking for some cabinet hardware the PO of our house hosed up. The person who ended up helping me said "I'm normally not over here, but I worked 25 years in cabinetry. They stuck me in the plumbing department. I don't know poo poo about plumbing. They do this all the time."
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Oct 25, 2023 19:09
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i feel like only the crack head contractors use home depot
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Oct 25, 2023 19:12
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its all nice on rice posted:-If they train you to use a forklift or reach truck, you'll be constantly paged out of your department to move things around. that's just the price you pay for being a certified operator
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Oct 25, 2023 19:13
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Now I'm just wondering what pencilhands could have been looking for at home depot
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Oct 25, 2023 19:15
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This was almost 20 years ago, so some details may be a bit off. I went to home depot and needed an eye-screw to hang something. The first man I spoke with was named Steve and he knew not where they could be found, but assured me that Dan was wise and would know. Upon finding Dan he knew not where they could be found, but assured us the man on the hill did. We went outside and followed the sound of a mournful violin in the darkness to the top of a nearby hill where a man in a raggedly black jacket played a mournful tune. "Oh man on the hill why do you play?" Inquired Steve "Because I must." replied the lone violinist. "Oh man on the hill, what do you play?" asked Dan. "What my heart tells me." spoke the sad musician. "Uh, do you know where I can find eye screws?" was my question. "Aisle 25, cabinets." answered the man on the hill. He was totally right.
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Oct 25, 2023 19:18
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I can only imagine how many stupid customers you have to deal with at Home Depot or Lowes or any other place like that. Some guy who watched a youtube video comes in, explains he's replacing all the wiring in his house, and asks you were he can find a pair of pliers.
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Oct 25, 2023 19:20
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loving moron at the Depot didn't even know where the male to male extension cords were. Useless.
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Oct 25, 2023 19:21
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Law of Comparative Advantage, OP. If they knew that sort of stuff their skills would be more valuable elsewhere. Same reason nutritionists don't work at supermarkets
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Oct 25, 2023 19:21
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Grey Cat posted:They got me some guy and he threaded my pipe Same, but for me it was in the alley behind Home Depot
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Oct 25, 2023 19:25
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because you're in a hardware store the size of a texas gas station parking lot. Just use the app to find what you need
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Oct 25, 2023 19:25
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Devils Affricate posted:Now I'm just wondering what pencilhands could have been looking for at home depot 2x4 and nails to wack himself in the nuts with
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Oct 25, 2023 19:25
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Lowe's in a better store but both places have miserable employees. Home Depot also doesn't sell wooden dowels longer than 4', UGH. Harbor Freight gang rise up.
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Oct 25, 2023 19:56
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Inzombiac posted:Lowe's in a better store but both places have miserable employees. harbor freight was a godsend any time I had to work jobsites with people I didn't know or trust
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fishing with the fam posted:loving moron at the Depot didn't even know where the male to male extension cords were. Useless. Right next to the segakiller brand rf switches, duh
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