1. Home Depot employees hate when you do dangerous stuff like this:
![A person stands on a platform lifting wood boards in a hardware store aisle filled with stacked lumber](https://cdn.statically.io/img/img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/f60041c5009f/sub-buzz-784-1719336379-1.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
2. Or like this:
![a man tries to use a pile of wood to reach other planks of wood on a shelf](https://cdn.statically.io/img/img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-03/1/19/asset/87190d6476db/sub-buzz-659-1646161492-14.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
3. And especially this:
![A worker on a ladder reaches for an item on a high shelf in a home improvement store, while another employee in an orange shirt pushes a cart nearby](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/22/asset/ec68da9b1be3/sub-buzz-764-1719353956-1.jpg)
4. Home Depot employees hate when you completely ignore a warning sign and go into a blocked-off aisle:
![Arthur the Aardvark meme: Top panel shows an "Aisle Temporarily Closed" sign. Bottom panel shows D.W. saying, "That sign won't stop me, because I can't read!"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/8ba25c3f1def/sub-buzz-446-1719336476-8.jpg)
5. Home Depot employees hate when you return plants... or SOD:
![Orange flatbed cart loaded with a patch of soil and turf grass inside a store. Boxes and tools can be seen in the background](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/e4f86f709471/sub-buzz-445-1719336591-1.jpg)
6. Home Depot employees hate when you give them the "I'm returning stolen items" speech:
![Four-panel meme of a person applying clown makeup with the following text: "Can I return this lawnmower," "No I don't have the receipt," "I paid with cash," "I don't want to give my ID that's personal."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/0659a9b630e1/sub-buzz-434-1719336564-2.png)
7. Home Depot employees hate when you just STAND there:
![Close-up of Kanye West with a neutral expression. Tweet reads, "Customers when a 3 ton forklift is honking the horn and moving directly towards them"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/9a2bbb22800f/sub-buzz-466-1719336755-1.jpg)
8. Home Depot employees hate when you ask them to load an absurd amount of concrete bags...
![A person wearing an orange apron labeled "Hi, I'm Walter" looks unimpressed. Text above says, "Me when the customer is explaining that they just had back surgery and I have to hand load the 35 bags of concrete."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/0659a9b630e1/sub-buzz-446-1719336811-1.jpg)
9. ...especially when it's pouring rain:
![Dog standing in a hardware store aisle labeled "Lumber." Top text: "me working 9 8 hour shifts in a row and a lady asks for 25 bags of mulch in the pouring rain."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/3d92879e2a02/sub-buzz-465-1719336845-1.jpg)
10. Home Depot employees hate when you make this exact joke:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/3d92879e2a02/sub-buzz-469-1719336881-1.jpg)
11. Or this joke:
![Image of a meme featuring a quote about manual labor, with a still of a character from "The Incredibles" by Pixar. Text is a sarcastic comment on clichés](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/28a8febc07b3/sub-buzz-463-1719336960-1.jpg)
12. Or, lord, this one:
![Meme featuring two drawn characters. One says, "I need strong wood for my bed because I have frequent and rough sex on it." The other, wearing a Home Depot apron, replies, "please sir, it's 8 AM."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/f1edb3e5c68c/sub-buzz-831-1719338172-1.jpg)
13. Home Depot employees hate when you forget the laws of cart physics:
![Shopping cart filled with multiple bags of CustomBlend mortar in a hardware store aisle](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/3d92879e2a02/sub-buzz-440-1719336415-1.jpg)
14. Like, come on, people:
![Shopping cart tipping over due to being overloaded with bags of concrete mix at a construction supply store](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/3d92879e2a02/sub-buzz-443-1719336442-8.jpg)
15. Home Depot employees hate when you think saying this will hurt their feelings:
![Leonardo DiCaprio dressed in a suit, wearing a Home Depot apron and holding a mobile device, with text above: "When a customer tells me they’re going to Lowe’s instead."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/67ea167b2cc0/sub-buzz-1117-1719338262-1.jpg)
16. Home Depot employees hate when you put your trash all over the displays:
![Sink overflows with brown liquid into an open cabinet below, creating a large spill. Countertop items include a box, towels, and a yellow bucket on the right](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/f1edb3e5c68c/sub-buzz-835-1719338300-2.jpg)
17. Home Depot employees hate when you make orders like this:
![A pallet of stacked floor tiles is labeled with text: "IF YOU ORDER THIS FOR CURBSIDE THEN YOU'RE A SPECIAL KIND OF ASSHOLE."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/67ea167b2cc0/sub-buzz-1117-1719338344-3.jpg)
18. Home Depot employees hate when you stalk the store in the wee hours of the morning:
![A scene from the movie "Jurassic Park" shows a raptor looking through a fence at a man's face. Text reads: "Store opens at 9:00* Customers at 8:43"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/18/asset/0659a9b630e1/sub-buzz-511-1719338451-1.jpg)
19. Home Depot employees hate when you can't be bothered to get your own cart:
![Meme featuring Pikachu. Text reads: "Customer: I need a lumber cart. Me: Yeah, they're outside right before you enter the store. Customer: [surprised Pikachu face]."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/f1edb3e5c68c/sub-buzz-835-1719338382-4.jpg)
20. Home Depot employees hate when you try to return items from the Middle Ages:
![The image shows a receipt from The Home Depot, dated 06/07/95, from Jericho, NY. The purchased items include an AL post, a teko nail, and sales tax](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/0659a9b630e1/sub-buzz-492-1719338218-1.jpg)
21. Home Depot employees hate when you think that every single employee knows everything there is to know about home improvement just because they have the apron on:
![Meme featuring three penguin characters. Top text: "*puts on apron* customers who need help:". Bottom text over zoomed-in penguin: "WOULDN'T THAT MAKE YOU... AN ALL KNOWING CONTRACTOR?!"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/18/asset/8ba25c3f1def/sub-buzz-529-1719338580-1.jpg)
22. And when you act like they control the world economy:
![Peter Griffin at a news desk with a sign showing gears. The image text says, "You know what really grinds my gears? When customers talk to me like I'm controlling the lumber prices."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/22/asset/28a8febc07b3/sub-buzz-1399-1719352984-1.jpg)
23. Home Depot employees hate when you ask extremely vague questions:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/22/asset/7d91f4cd1404/sub-buzz-495-1719353064-1.jpg)
24. Home Depot employees hate when they act like you can go Thufir Hawat mode and find everything in the store:
![SpongeBob SquarePants and other characters in a crowded room. Text: "THERE IS OVER 100,000 different sku's in the store I don’t fucking know where that one item is on the spot without pulling out my first phone"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/22/asset/efda9b63454f/sub-buzz-1128-1719353872-1.jpg)
25. Home Depot employees hate when you interrupt:
![Two-panel meme showing a collision between a school bus and a train. Top text: "Me already helping a customer." Bottom text: "A customer interrupting who doesn’t have manners."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/16717f4d2191/sub-buzz-434-1719336492-1.jpg)
26. Home Depot employees hate when you just stand there for 25 seconds with your card in the machine:
![a man giving a blank stare with his mouth open](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-09/20/17/asset/4825d3bd1821/sub-buzz-584-1632159219-16.jpg)
27. Home Depot employees hate when you follow them into the breakroom:
![Image of Mr. Incredible wearing a Home Depot apron with the text “Hi, I'm Bob. I put customers FIRST.” Caption reads: “me when I'm chillin in the breakroom and a customer comes in asking for help.”](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/22/asset/af44086daaf2/sub-buzz-1129-1719353194-1.jpg)
28. And, finally, Home Depot employees hate when you hit 'em with a little rudeness:
![A handheld device displays customer comments. Text reads, "The clerk that waited on me was more interested in her break than customer service. She also chewed gum like a cow."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/25/17/asset/e4f86f709471/sub-buzz-449-1719336517-3.jpg)
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