Do they not realize this will also drive away their own customers?
The libs will be owned, damn the consequences!
No shit imagine heading to Home Depot and suddenly getting sick. Imagine We can sue the fuck out of them?
Home Depot doesn’t give a fuck about their customers
The last time I went they had close up cameras at the cash registers so I’m already driven away.
Seriously though: it's probably designed to be harmless if you walk from your truck straight to the store. Spend little time in the lot.
It will just leave you with a subtle feeling of discomfort.
Maybe it will loosen up someone's guts.
The classic marketing move of making your customers associate your store with a subtle feeling of discomfort.
Boycott Home Depot. The only language these *giant corporations understand is money.
Or maybey take a stroll through the store, very slowly, so you dont accudently knock something off the shelf.
Definately dont purchase and return things.
Watch out, we got a badass over here
1000 badasses could have a 1000 little accidents, and no one is going to jail. One guy with a can of kerosene and a lighter is going straight to jail.
Yes. Do not purchase a dozen gallons of flammable spirits and some matches, and then "return" them to Home Depot after the store is closed and empty of people.
I wonder what would happen if you walked through a store with one of these devices. How could they bust you if its okay for the store to do it?
Home Depot is based in Georgia and the founder was fully supportive of republicans. Don’t be surprised when the store espouses his values.
So they're just assaulting all the customers who are trying to walk into the store then?
And the employees, too.
Hell, report it to CalOSHA
I don’t think this is legal
gestures to all of the federal government
But... what about the autopen
Cities should all operate publicly-run day labor programs to protect workers from shit like this and from contractors who would steal their wages or put them in unsafe conditions
Also boycott Home Depot
Cities should all operate publicly-run day labor programs to protect workers from shit like this and from contractors who would steal their wages or put them in unsafe conditions
Sorry, in 2026, the best we can do is to allow you to legally sell yourself into indentured servitude for a period of time. Yup, that's it. We're bringing back literal peonage. Also we're bringing back debt slavery for student loans. /sigh
Cities should operate unionized day labour programs so nothing gets done unless people are taken care of.
Wouldn’t this also drive customers away?
I guess they'll start hanging around outside of Lowe's and when I have a project that requires day-laborers that's who'll get my money for materials.
This should be considered assault against anyone nearby
Hanging around in a parking lot hoping to get work sounds strange. Is this a common thing? Does it have to do with working off the books or working without work permit?
Both and more. There are very few places you can walk into and get a job these days. Many Mexican immigrants come to America and try to work trades jobs to get by because it’s easier than a traditional 9-5 job with citizenship/visa requirements.
It is. If you go to Home Depot in the morning you'll see contractors picking up Hispanic guys to hire for the day
100% off the books
The same contractors are MAGA and support ICE.
How rich and pampered are you that you don't notice day laborers hanging around the Home Depot, do you live in LA, what the hell
We don't even have home depot in my country you fucking genious
You can email Home Depot by contacting them at: hdcares@homedepot.com
Let them know how you feel about these dangerous noise machines.
ICE raids in store parking lots. Immigration enforcement agents have repeatedly targeted the Cypress Park location
So, is Home Depot inadvertently helping immigrants? 🤔
On the other hand, the city put up signs years ago near the HD nearest me to point out where the day labor gathering place is, as well as some car barriers to keep them from getting hit. As far as I can tell it’s worked out pretty well. Next time I need to move more stuff than my back will allow I’m planning on hiring someone.
Are these similar machines to ones businesses use to "deter the homeless" that also end up harassing any neighbors?
How do these machines not make Home Depot customers sick, as well? I'm calling BS.
I did not have hitting the brown note in the parking lot trying to buy a hammer on my 2025 bingo card
No surprise. Even though HD donates to both parties, they've been really right wing for a while.
And a cofounder was definitely right wing:
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