/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1608951
>then go to home depot, those motherfuckers are ninjas when it comes to not being around.
Home Depot is Love anon here again. Sadly this was the case at my store. Partly because we were grossly understaffed but also partly because they would hire anyone, so ended up with fucks (a lot of them) who just didn't give a shit and would basically wander off. I was in Paint, and one of the worst departments for this was Plumbing which was the next aisle over, so I was constantly, _constantly_ dealing with upset customers from Plumbing coming over to me (because in Paint were were more or less always contained in the paint counter) while the assholes on shift in Plumbing would literally be outside wandering around the plants in Lawn & Garden. The fact our store had ZERO loss prevention staff also meant there was basically nobody ever watching cameras which made it that much easier.
There were also times when I'd be sent to go do an errand for management in another part of the store, say lumber, and because those jackasses did the same shit as Plumbing I'd suddenly find myself surrounded by understandably impatient customers who would then just get even more pissed off at me when I told them I had no idea about this or that, couldn't operate the saw, et cetera. As much as I hated it, I began learning how to do that crap just to be able to take care of people.
One thing I made sure NOT to do though was train on the lift/reach/forklift. I very quickly realized that there was such a shortage of people trained/cleared to work those, that anyone who was, was CONSTANTLY being pulled away to other departments to fetch/move shit, on top of their own duties in their own department.
Fucking clusterfuck store all around.