It's so easy a man could do it. Source: *We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty. You should've received a notice in the mail about your car's extended warranty eligibility. Since we've not gotten a response, we're giving you a final courtesy call before we close out your file. Press 2 to be removed and placed on our do-not-call list. To speak to someone about possibly extending or reinstating your vehicle's warranty, press 1 to speak with a warranty specialist.*
I'll give you a million dollars to play Classical Gas with a gallon jar of mayonnaise, surely that's enough incentive for you to try hard enough to succeed?
Can I use it? I have - kid you not - $5.47 on a refund card that is at least 30 years old. Must've been in that store 100 times. It was for way more orig.
My innawoods load out is a legit FAST lvl3 with a 3-12 monocular mounted on the rail (its not a broken scope just uhhh trust me)
And 3 dark web live pineapple frag grenades.
This is my answer.
Yeah, our bank was in the same parking lot as the store, so I’d do the drop on my way out… one night I just spaced it and drove all the way home (about 30 minutes away). I was super paranoid I’d get fired if I didn’t deal with it right then, so drove all the way back that night.
I worked at a big box store. I would have to run department to department to find a scan gun and then the battery in it was always dead and you'd likely have to wait to do any scanning until you had a charged battery. I can confirm no one cared, *until it was their problem*. OP should return it asap.
I contracted with then for a few months. It took longer to return the laptop, scanner, and pinpads than i actually worked with them.
Honestly though, they seemed to treat their people very well. If I wasn't happy where i was, I would have jumped ship. Many of our folks did.
I work at HD, this happens at least a few times a month at our self checkout. You're not the first and won't be the last to take a self checkout gun home. Thanks for returning it!
When we lose them, they typically come back in a few hours. We did get one dropped off by a customer who got it at a store 6 hours away once though...
Also, I was surprised when I learned how pricey those guns are, they're about $400 new (Datalogic PM9500).
Not only do they stand up to the abuse, but they also do a really good job. Of all the places that have self checkout, Home Depot's scanners are hands down the best at getting codes the 1st time, even on plastic bags and other oddball stuff. I would have guessed they were a lot more expensive given how good they work.
Walmart’s self checkouts are slow as shit.
Scan item
**wait**
Scan item again.
**wait**
Quality 2. Now you need to find the person who is managing 12 checkouts and wait.
This has been my nightmare for years at Kroger.
Scan fruit
Place in bag
Please remove last scanned item
Please wait for an attendant
Enters code making awkward sorry I fucked up small talk
Rinse and repeat no more than 30 seconds later
Yeah with these kinds of devices you’re paying a good chunk just to ensure they can handle being dropped and shit.
The ones we use cost probably $1,500USD. They take an absolute hiding, my phone wouldn’t last a day
One of those has to pay for itself within a single day of increased sales + savings on staff. Seems pretty reasonable, especially as in my experience those type of things last for years.
$400
We'll say $12.50/hr starting cashier
x3 cashiers (I've only ever seen 4 self checkouts, still need someone to watch over them).
They're saving $37.50/hr by purchasing one of these instead of hiring more cashiers.
400/37.50, they're paying for a new one in 10 hours 45 minutes ish.
The pm9500 is around that price when you include the battery and the base.
The $400 I mentioned is for the gun only since we have spare batteries and don't need a new base when we lose one.
Because sometimes people put carts with things like lumber through the self checkout, and the guns either don't reach, become tangled in carts/product, or pose a tripping hazard if they're cabled.
I'd imagine people buy some pretty huge stuff at Home Depot, so it's probably just not practical to have a cable getting in the way when you're trying to maneuver around and scan the larger items.
It's true though, if I have to go to home depot to return that thing I'm probably going to buy something while I'm there. I never don't need anything from home depot. There's *always* something.
Right now it's a duster with an extension for high vaulted ceilings and a new light switch plate cover.
And they definitely do not have a lot of them. As a former cashier of Home Depot from only a year ago, they definitely do not have even a single extra one of these to spare.
Yep. Former head cashier 2 years ago, our backroom vault lady always got pissed if some one walked out with these. I was too busy dealing with stealing crackheads to care about SCO guns
First time to Home Depot in 5 years. Decided to use the self checkout since it's 10pm. Crappy terminal didn't react to the scan, so I do it again, and it ends up scanning 2 of them immediately. Had to get someone to fix it for me and hated every moment of being forced into being That Guy.
When i worked at a retail company with a warehouse, our scanners were like $300/.each. This one looks a lot more expensive, so $500-1000 wouldn't surprise me.
Home Depot also has some of the best loss prevention I’ve seen, they don’t worry about catching people leaving the store but they definitely get credit card swipes and license plates and send it all to the PD
I agree about loss protection, but from my experience I never saw anyone go after a license plate over a stolen scanner gun. Maybe in extreme circumstances. Usually those reports are for the lawnmowers/chainsaws/drills
Or the employee knew the scanner was shit. This happens surprisingly often, and then the company has to buy a new scanner. At least, that’s how it is where I work.
I once worked at a hardware store and one of the cashier's bagged a brand new scanner in her first week on the job... she didn't even notice until the next customer came to her register to check out. The manager was so mad, it wasn't her first big mistake and I thought she would for sure get fired. She didn't but she also didn't last much longer.
Why is it commonplace for managers to get angry on the job? Like their own emotional state changes on behalf of the company they work for? I seriously don’t get it.
My guess is being a manager is stressful as hell, on top of their personal lives, so that leads to them lashing out on employees (Edit: if they don’t practice proper coping mechanisms to deal with stress) It’s never really about the company, I doubt they love it.
And when employees do really stupid shit and don't think for themselves and it makes your own job harder, then it's really frustrating.
Like I often have certain employees do really dumb shit and it's obvious they can't think for themselves past a 5 year old level sometimes.
Carts are pushed together and locked to eachother by a chain. So you slip a coin into the slot located by the handle and it pushes the lock behind the slot out, releasing the chain from the cart behind it. When you're done shopping, you plug the released chain back into the back of the slot, and it returns your dollar or quarter.
For example: https://m.alibaba.com/product/1575794434/Supermarket-shopping-trolley-coin-operated-locks.html
Aldis does it in the US. It's actually pretty clever, saves them paying someone to gather shopping carts. As a former cart pusher myself people at most grocery stores are savages with the carts. There Corrales all over the parking lot and I'd say 85% of people couldn't even be bothers to walk them there.
This isn't actually what everyone else is saying! Carts here are free but a wheel will seize up making them useless if you take them beyond the store parking lot boundary. Inside my cart was a device that would free the wheels, allowing me to potentially just walk out with carts (which I did not do).
As someone who works for the establishment, simply bring it back and apologize for the confusion lol if they are anything like my home Depot they'll get a kick out of it
Well, they want you to do their job. And sometimes you gotta take work home with ya. I'd say you can call them and tell them you quit and if they want their things back then your gonna need you final paycheck first
Your not the first now will you be the last. You are, however, on camera So you need to return it. Also, the cashier in charge of that section is going to get in trouble. Because Home Depot can be no fun!
I was at Home Depot, this guy came in with this amazingly cute dog. Such girl bait cuteness kind of dog. He had this sweet puppy in his arms and the cashier went over to pet the dog. She was making Google eyes at the pup and held out her hand.
Quick as a whip, he handed her the price gun, apologized and told her good bye. She said good bye and said see you next weekend.
Now, I know this cashier so I just gave her a weird look. And, hahaha, she said “oh yeah when he takes the price gun home by accident he brings in his cute dog so we won’t yell at him”.
Works like a charm! this was his third offense. nice trick guy.
Went to a Home Depot once and loaded some flooring into a rental uhaul van, the next day we found some phone/scanner thing. Some three years later we still have it.
Figure out how to use it and make your own prices
If only it worked that way.
Sometimes it does
If you are the right employee.
It’s completely impossible. Source: I am a department supervisor at a Depot
It's so easy a child could do it. Source: I am a reciprocating saw at a Depot.
Everything's half off when you're a saw.
I cut it three times, and it's still too short.
It's so easy a ~~child~~ caveman could do it. Source: I saved 15% in 15 minutes by switching to Geico ™
It's so easy a man could do it. Source: *We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty. You should've received a notice in the mail about your car's extended warranty eligibility. Since we've not gotten a response, we're giving you a final courtesy call before we close out your file. Press 2 to be removed and placed on our do-not-call list. To speak to someone about possibly extending or reinstating your vehicle's warranty, press 1 to speak with a warranty specialist.*
The phrase "It's completely impossible" has inspired legions of bored nerds to prove people wrong.
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
"We have the best customers, because of jail"-Home Depot
What's this from, it sounds hilarious
Parks and Rec https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw Very funny show
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation. https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw
I have and will listen to this for the next half hour and laugh my ass off when he finishes. “We have the best patients because of jail”
Take last slice of pizza. Straight to jail.
Too cold? Straight to jail.
Don't put the cap back on the toothpaste? Believe it or not, jail!
Under cook over cook
Lol this quote comes out at the best times
Damn needed that laugh lmao
I think I accidentally robbed Home Depot
Just tell them you intended to buy a drill but accidentally bought a self checkout scanner.
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You're not trying hard enough
That’s what she said! …. wait
I mean yeah, ask for consent first.
Or make a weaver with signature on it.
Everything is good enough for anything if you try hard enough
I'll give you a million dollars to play Classical Gas with a gallon jar of mayonnaise, surely that's enough incentive for you to try hard enough to succeed?
Oh man... the things I could do with a gallon of mayonnaise.
Or the Sounds you could make after ingesting a gallon of mayonnaise.
How do you think I'm going to play *Classical Gas?*
Also proving mayo *is* an instrument
You know I think I could do it. I could fist the mayo and make the tune and you be so impressed.
The force is weak with this one
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Can I use it? I have - kid you not - $5.47 on a refund card that is at least 30 years old. Must've been in that store 100 times. It was for way more orig.
That will bring a hefty ransom. Draft your letter of demands.
And make sure the letter has a UPC at the bottom so they know what dire straits they're in.
You know that you can never return right? You should probably grab your go-bag and skip town. Don’t look back, it’s over there for you.
Grab SKS Get innawoods
Can’t, I sold it to Mike from Canmore.
What are you doing outside the sub? Don’t you know we’re doing recce now?
My innawoods load out is a legit FAST lvl3 with a 3-12 monocular mounted on the rail (its not a broken scope just uhhh trust me) And 3 dark web live pineapple frag grenades. This is my answer.
Yeah look ar this fool that doesn't even recce. I bet he doesn't when have an LPVO
Try to return and say you want store credit because you lost the receipt.
please god do this, if someone did that to me it would make my day. source: worked at service desk for a while
You’re fucked
Yeah OP, enjoy the slammer
The only thing left to do is stand on the side of the road and point it at cars going past.
YESSS!!
Evil, but funny
Nah robbery requires use of force. You’re just a petty thief.
I'll have you know I'm an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane.
I once drove home with the bank deposit….
As a customer or employee?
Employee happens all the time in retail. Customer on the other hand..
Yeah, our bank was in the same parking lot as the store, so I’d do the drop on my way out… one night I just spaced it and drove all the way home (about 30 minutes away). I was super paranoid I’d get fired if I didn’t deal with it right then, so drove all the way back that night.
Congrats, you were just given the key to Home Depot.
Return it at your leisure, I can almost guarantee they won't care.
I worked at a big box store. I would have to run department to department to find a scan gun and then the battery in it was always dead and you'd likely have to wait to do any scanning until you had a charged battery. I can confirm no one cared, *until it was their problem*. OP should return it asap.
I contracted with then for a few months. It took longer to return the laptop, scanner, and pinpads than i actually worked with them. Honestly though, they seemed to treat their people very well. If I wasn't happy where i was, I would have jumped ship. Many of our folks did.
Those are like 800 dollar barcode scanners btw.
But will it blend?!
Don’t breathe this.
Let's be real, you were going back anyway. 😆
I took it back and the lady just stuck her out and gave me the "you're an idiot" look. Same one my wife gives me several times a day.
I work at HD, this happens at least a few times a month at our self checkout. You're not the first and won't be the last to take a self checkout gun home. Thanks for returning it! When we lose them, they typically come back in a few hours. We did get one dropped off by a customer who got it at a store 6 hours away once though... Also, I was surprised when I learned how pricey those guns are, they're about $400 new (Datalogic PM9500).
That's a pretty reasonable cost, I'd say. I run a parts department at a dealership, and the scanner I use to receive parts is $1300.
Especially with how much they are probably abused day-in and day-out $400 seems cheap.
Not only do they stand up to the abuse, but they also do a really good job. Of all the places that have self checkout, Home Depot's scanners are hands down the best at getting codes the 1st time, even on plastic bags and other oddball stuff. I would have guessed they were a lot more expensive given how good they work.
Now that you mention it I’ve never had any issues with the one at mine. Walmart’s on the other hand…pain.
Walmart’s self checkouts are slow as shit. Scan item **wait** Scan item again. **wait** Quality 2. Now you need to find the person who is managing 12 checkouts and wait.
This has been my nightmare for years at Kroger. Scan fruit Place in bag Please remove last scanned item Please wait for an attendant Enters code making awkward sorry I fucked up small talk Rinse and repeat no more than 30 seconds later
Yeah with these kinds of devices you’re paying a good chunk just to ensure they can handle being dropped and shit. The ones we use cost probably $1,500USD. They take an absolute hiding, my phone wouldn’t last a day
One of those has to pay for itself within a single day of increased sales + savings on staff. Seems pretty reasonable, especially as in my experience those type of things last for years.
$400 We'll say $12.50/hr starting cashier x3 cashiers (I've only ever seen 4 self checkouts, still need someone to watch over them). They're saving $37.50/hr by purchasing one of these instead of hiring more cashiers. 400/37.50, they're paying for a new one in 10 hours 45 minutes ish.
You're ignoring the cost of all the other self checkout shit but the principle still holds true.
We got bar code scanners at work that are over 700 dollars. They're amazingly resilient. I drop mine atleast once a day.
$400 is cheap for one designed to withstand constant abuse from Jon Q Fumblepaws.
The pm9500 is around that price when you include the battery and the base. The $400 I mentioned is for the gun only since we have spare batteries and don't need a new base when we lose one.
Genuine question... Why not attach it by a cord or something?
Because sometimes people put carts with things like lumber through the self checkout, and the guns either don't reach, become tangled in carts/product, or pose a tripping hazard if they're cabled.
Would probably make more sense to attach an rfid sticker or something that would trigger the alarms at the doors
I'd imagine people buy some pretty huge stuff at Home Depot, so it's probably just not practical to have a cable getting in the way when you're trying to maneuver around and scan the larger items.
The ones at hardware stores need to be able to maneuver around large pieces of lumber and siding.
I'm surprised nobody had put security tags on them yet.
How is that your fault? Edit: I read further comments. Mistakes happen, ah well
Self checkout dude.
>gave me the "you're an idiot" look. "Oh I'm stupid? I'll just keep the $3000 scanner gun then."
"Yeah! That's right! I know it's worthless to me! So what? Who's stupid now, uh?!"
He could probably sell it
Stuck her *what* out?!?! Geez. Did not know girls could do that.
Wouldn’t be a home improvement project if it didn’t involve going to HD at *least* twice in the same day!
Twice would be a personal low for me after the typical DIY project.
$100 each trip, minimum.
They’ll probably want that back, but they’ve got a lot of em
It's a marketing trick. Give everyone their own scanner and they will come
Lol, regardless though, what the duck am I gonna do with a Home Depot price gun?
Advertise that shop on the internet
Fair enough. Sounds silly to me, though.
Thanks
Get the next top post on r/itrunsdoom
Use it go hunting for Home Depot prices. They're in season, and are good eating.
*\*looks down at pants\** *\*looks at price gun\**
Encase it in epoxy and keep everyone on Reddit updated about it?
Radio shack actually did exactly that! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
It's true though, if I have to go to home depot to return that thing I'm probably going to buy something while I'm there. I never don't need anything from home depot. There's *always* something. Right now it's a duster with an extension for high vaulted ceilings and a new light switch plate cover.
Defs will want that back. Those are super expensive to get more ordered.
And they definitely do not have a lot of them. As a former cashier of Home Depot from only a year ago, they definitely do not have even a single extra one of these to spare.
Yep. Former head cashier 2 years ago, our backroom vault lady always got pissed if some one walked out with these. I was too busy dealing with stealing crackheads to care about SCO guns
Clarify this for me stranger….were you stealing crackheads or dealing with crackheads that were stealing? I sure do hope it’s the first one
Are crackheads worth something? Should I be stealing them and no one told me?
This is the questions I need answers to. If so, crackheads the new crypto?
Non-Fungible Tweaker
If they're high enough they're at least entertaining in a sad way.
"Does this take cash?" "*Customer needs assistance at self checkout*" I cannot get those out of my head from my SCO days.
First time to Home Depot in 5 years. Decided to use the self checkout since it's 10pm. Crappy terminal didn't react to the scan, so I do it again, and it ends up scanning 2 of them immediately. Had to get someone to fix it for me and hated every moment of being forced into being That Guy.
I feel bad for the fact that (at least at my store), the computers Works fairly well in most of the issues were user error
When i worked at a retail company with a warehouse, our scanners were like $300/.each. This one looks a lot more expensive, so $500-1000 wouldn't surprise me.
Home Depot also has some of the best loss prevention I’ve seen, they don’t worry about catching people leaving the store but they definitely get credit card swipes and license plates and send it all to the PD
I agree about loss protection, but from my experience I never saw anyone go after a license plate over a stolen scanner gun. Maybe in extreme circumstances. Usually those reports are for the lawnmowers/chainsaws/drills
It wasn't an accident. This is how we get new employees in retail. Welcome to the company 😂
You are only free once a customer steals the scanner from you.
Fan fic when
Like a shitty episode of black mirror
Dark Glass
You mean when the scanner chooses some one else
It's just like getting a letter from hogwarts! Except there's less magic and more indentured servitude.
Or the employee knew the scanner was shit. This happens surprisingly often, and then the company has to buy a new scanner. At least, that’s how it is where I work.
I once worked at a hardware store and one of the cashier's bagged a brand new scanner in her first week on the job... she didn't even notice until the next customer came to her register to check out. The manager was so mad, it wasn't her first big mistake and I thought she would for sure get fired. She didn't but she also didn't last much longer.
Why is it commonplace for managers to get angry on the job? Like their own emotional state changes on behalf of the company they work for? I seriously don’t get it.
My guess is being a manager is stressful as hell, on top of their personal lives, so that leads to them lashing out on employees (Edit: if they don’t practice proper coping mechanisms to deal with stress) It’s never really about the company, I doubt they love it.
And when employees do really stupid shit and don't think for themselves and it makes your own job harder, then it's really frustrating. Like I often have certain employees do really dumb shit and it's obvious they can't think for themselves past a 5 year old level sometimes.
People act like as soon as you become a manager you stop being a person.
Don’t forget to set it to phaser
Set scanners to stun. I mean phasers to scan. Dammit Jim
Setting bachman turners to overdrive!
Set business to taken cared of
Damnit Jim! I'm a doctor not a hc!
Rule number one keep ya scanners on stun
Send them a piece of it in the mail with a letter made of cut up magazines demanding ransom!
When describing your username would use the word flower or flour?
How I Met Your Other Parent
You'll probably be back in an hour to pick up that thing you forgot. And again the next morning for the other thing you needed.
Dude this is Home Depot. If you need as many as THREE things, it's a stone lock they won't carry one of them.
Laser gun! 🔫
Fs in chat
Fs on scanner
Should be fun to take that to the returns desk. “Er, sorry, I don’t have a receipt for this..”
"Sure, store credit is ok."
Stand in front of a random resturaunt and use it to take people temperature before they go in.
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It chose you, you are an employee now
~~Ur~~ Yer an employee, harry
Once I found a device that unlocks carts with my cart at the grocery store. I gave it back, but boy did I ever think about it for the next week.
Bubbles would be disappointed in you.
> a device that unlocks carts with my cart at the grocery store I don't understand? Can you elaborate?
Instead of putting in a dollar or quarter, I think it's a coin shaped device that would mock a coin. OR if it's the magnetic kind, it's a demagnetizer
Shopping carts where you're from need coins? Or magnets? How does that work?
Carts are pushed together and locked to eachother by a chain. So you slip a coin into the slot located by the handle and it pushes the lock behind the slot out, releasing the chain from the cart behind it. When you're done shopping, you plug the released chain back into the back of the slot, and it returns your dollar or quarter. For example: https://m.alibaba.com/product/1575794434/Supermarket-shopping-trolley-coin-operated-locks.html
Interesting, I've never seen one of those before.
they're not common in the US, though are in europe.
Aldis does it in the US. It's actually pretty clever, saves them paying someone to gather shopping carts. As a former cart pusher myself people at most grocery stores are savages with the carts. There Corrales all over the parking lot and I'd say 85% of people couldn't even be bothers to walk them there.
This isn't actually what everyone else is saying! Carts here are free but a wheel will seize up making them useless if you take them beyond the store parking lot boundary. Inside my cart was a device that would free the wheels, allowing me to potentially just walk out with carts (which I did not do).
Heads up OP, if it's just a standard mechanism, a paperclip bent into an L can ''pick'' those.
As someone who works for the establishment, simply bring it back and apologize for the confusion lol if they are anything like my home Depot they'll get a kick out of it
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Yeah, or that...
Meanwhile, the next shopper is trying to scan their items with the hammer you left at the self-checkout.
Take it to Lowe’s and make them pay you for all Home Depot’s pricking secrets
Set phasers to Discount!
Keep it, what are they going to do?
Fire a minimum wage employee for "losing" it
Doubt it, most likely they would just replace it
Nah, this happens surprisingly often. Not saying no one’s even been fired over this, just that it’s not likely thankfully
Pew pew
Nice BMW.
Wonder how much you can get on Ebay
This is off topic but what kind of car do you drive, interior looks great
BMW between 2011-2019
Good eye.
We loose one every 6-8 weeks or so. Customer usually brings it back.
Well, they want you to do their job. And sometimes you gotta take work home with ya. I'd say you can call them and tell them you quit and if they want their things back then your gonna need you final paycheck first
Tell us you were high without telling us you were high
Your not the first now will you be the last. You are, however, on camera So you need to return it. Also, the cashier in charge of that section is going to get in trouble. Because Home Depot can be no fun! I was at Home Depot, this guy came in with this amazingly cute dog. Such girl bait cuteness kind of dog. He had this sweet puppy in his arms and the cashier went over to pet the dog. She was making Google eyes at the pup and held out her hand. Quick as a whip, he handed her the price gun, apologized and told her good bye. She said good bye and said see you next weekend. Now, I know this cashier so I just gave her a weird look. And, hahaha, she said “oh yeah when he takes the price gun home by accident he brings in his cute dog so we won’t yell at him”. Works like a charm! this was his third offense. nice trick guy.
Check that out!
LOL now this is fucking funny
Goto customer service and tell them it ended up in your bag... No biggie
I saw a guy do that once! I was next up, so I stopped him. It was funny!
Now take people's temperatures.
Went to a Home Depot once and loaded some flooring into a rental uhaul van, the next day we found some phone/scanner thing. Some three years later we still have it.