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.
#47 Picky Customers

Customer proceeds to go through entire hack of 8’ standards, putting boards that aren’t up to their standards on the ground…I was blessed with this 1/1,000,000 customer who put them back all on their own even when I offered to assist multiple times. Felt great not tearing up my back for once. She left the entire hack an absolute wreck afterwards BUT I’ll take flat-stacking over moving all the boards back by hand.
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4points
#50 There’s No Reason To Put Up A Fight At Self Checkout Over Penny Items

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#52 So This Happened Today

Spoke with the store manager regarding concerns about the bay directive pack down process not being completed properly in my assigned department. During my review, I observed that the freight team associate working the department has repeatedly placed different SKUs in front of others. which creates inaccurate on-hand counts and makes it difficult to maintain proper inventory integrity This practice can negatively impact inventory accuracy when the inventorv team conducts their audit. I requested permission to review additional departments to ensure this issue wasn't occurring elsewhere before the inventory team's walkthrough. I was advised to remain focused on the department i am currently scheduled in.
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3points
#56 Got Me Messed Up

So it’s my job to call the next associate to see why they are not here to relieve me when it was 15 minutes past for me to go. I’m leaving when my schedule says. I could care less if my relief is here. I would never walk away from a customer but since my manager thinks I do guess I’ll start.
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3points
#60 Why Is No Even An Option

Its gotten to the point I don't even log in until 20 min into my shift so that I dont have to get logged out halfway thru my final task. I get they dont want us working more than 8 hours but an extra 15-20 min would be nice most days lol.
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