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62 Funny Posts That Prove Home Depot Workers Have Plenty To Say About Their Jobs
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62 Funny Posts That Prove Home Depot Workers Have Plenty To Say About Their Jobs

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Home Depot is known as the one-stop shop for anything folks need for construction, including tools, appliances, and a host of other unique stuff. In fact, it has such insane products that most customers refuse to accept the laws of physics just to buy huge or gigantic things.
Home Depot can definitely be a utopia for buyers, but we’d like to flip the script and tell you what its employees have to think. That’s why this list is full of inside secrets and funny experiences of the shop’s employees that might make you rethink everything. 

#21 Uh

Home Depot apron hanging high from the ceiling structure inside a store aisle
11points

Every boss needs to know how to look after their employees and address issues rather than sweeping them under the rug. According to PrideStaff, when supervisors address disputes or complicated matters right away, workers feel heard and valued. 

Being kind and empathetic can go a long way toward running a smooth business where all employees feel satisfied. They are also more likely to enjoy their work and put in more effort if they are treated well, given enough downtime, and appreciated for the effort they put in.

#22 Found Our H-Cart In The Last Of Us Part II

Videogame character with flashlight near lumber flatbed cart resembling Home Depot equipment
11points

#23 1 Year Down, Time For New Apron

A comparison of a brand new and a heavily used orange apron worn by Home Depot employees
11points

#24 How About Just Give Me The Raise??

A hand holding a selling skills card for Home Depot employees with a five dollar grid.
11points

It’s hilarious to see these Home Depot employees share the secrets of their workplace, especially since we customers don’t normally get to know what’s going on behind the scenes. So, the next time you pop over to the shop, you might have a better understanding of what your salesperson has been dealing with, so definitely carry on with kindness.

We’d love to know your Home Depot stories, no matter how crazy, so please go ahead and share them with us.

#25 $9 For A Key? When I First Started At Home Depot In 2020 It Was $2.98 For A Decorated Key. I Understand Inflation Is A Thing But 3x The Price In 6 Years Is Insane

Various themed and custom keys on display racks at Home Depot employees posts
10points

#26 How’d I Do

A long, organized aisle of paint cans on shelves inside a retail store representing Home Depot employees posts
Report
9points

#27 Thanks Water!!

A home depot employee wearing an orange apron and holding a water bottle
9points

#28 Raises

A performance rating document with a small pay increase, showing common homedepot employees posts
8points

#29 Someone Mailed Us Their Garbage

A messy desk setup with boxes and bottles, illustrating homedepot employees posts about store life
I have no idea what to make of this. Somebody literally mailed their garbage to our store through UPS. This is all from the same address.
8points

#30 Crazy Customer Review

A customer comment screen on a device representing typical homedepot employees posts.
8points

#31 I Think My Store Wins The AI Slop War

Home Depot employee recognition board with cartoon portraits of monthly winners
Employees can’t even see their own face for Employee of the Month anymore.
8points

#32 It Snowed Inside

Empty aisle in a store with shelves of products relating to Home Depot employees posts.
Fire extinguisher fell and started spraying everywhere.
Report
8points

#33 5 Years Difference

Side-by-side mirror selfies of homedepot employees wearing orange aprons in a restroom
In 5 years from the left picture to the right picture so much has happened in my life, I feel like I’ve seen so much and know it’s not the end of it
8points

#34 You Think This Is Enough Signage?

Home Depot checkout screen surrounded by multiple card payment only and no cash back signs
7points

#35 Entitled Customers

A printed Home Depot receipt showing a total of over two thousand dollars
Had a customer today tell me I should give him multiple bags of rocks for free as he “spends a lot of money” at HD. looked at how much he’s spent using his proxtra account.. who’s gonna tell him this is not impressive in the slightest.
7points

#36 They Tried Cutting The Concrete Floor With No Water Or Ventilation

A dusty warehouse aisle showing the working environment of Home Depot employees
7points

#37 We’ll Help You, Not Pull It For You

Meme showing a character dodging orders to pull relating to Home Depot employees posts.
7points

#38 Take It Home Today With That Huge Dent In It

A stainless steel refrigerator on display at a Home Depot store
5points

#39 Customer Asked Me To Bring Down This Penny Sku Item With The Op

High shelving inside a Home Depot warehouse with boxed products stored near the ceiling
Customer comes up to me wanting this penny sku (60 square foot shower door) that was thrown up in the worst spot possible. it spanned into the next aisle over and it was on the very top rack so it was really hard for me to bring it down safely. Went on to ask management and they told me to lay the door down into the open area on the right diagonally and slide it onto the safe-stocker of the Order Picker. The door couldn’t even fit in that direction either.

I told the customer multiple times that it is not possible for me to get this door down safely without risking losing my license or my job if the door falls off the lift. I told management about what happened and the customer (who spoke little English btw) kept following me around despite telling him that it is not possible for me to bring the door down.
5points

#40 Severely Understaffed

A warehouse floor filled with boxes and equipment handled daily by Home Depot employees
5points
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