Home Depot in LA installs noise machines that ‘penetrate bones’ to deter day laborers

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.

Presumably they do.

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.

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.

And the employees, too.

gestures to all of the federal government

I'm Autistic and as a kid I couldn't attend any concerts or places with very loud music because the sound waves were so powerful they shook my ribcage and made me feel like my chest was going to explode. That continued into very early adulthood, too. It isn't as bad now as a middle aged Autistic person, but I would not ever shop at a place that actively doesn't want me there.

Customers walk by for 10-15 seconds. Day laborers hang out for hours.

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.

They do. But people don't usually sign up for these services voluntarily in my experience.

JFC I listened to the video for 0.25 seconds and that was enough.

I bet that has at least $100 worth of copper in it.

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.

A lot of temp agencies in my area have day laborers on the books, which means they're supposed to use the verification database, in theory.

It's quite common for native - born and immigrants to gather in parking lots where construction, hotel and other service industry supervisors may need an extra employee or crew due to regular hire unforseen absences, or rush projects. For example, a smoker in a non-smoking unit, hotel deep cleaning, or a construction project that won't get paid because the deadline is too close for the regular crew to finish on time. Also ordinary citizens who may need help moving, or a home repair they thought they could manage on their own but can't.

I just foresee this irritating customers, and without forethought.

We are talking about a shithole country so it may well be normal.

Yes, and it was pretty convenient, honestly, and I doubt laborers were harassing people to hire them for non-existent work.

Yeah this is kind of conflicting feelings for me because definitely fuck both megacorps and ICE, but on the other hand I don’t know any other countries where it’s common practice for individuals hang around hardware stores for work.

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

Found the rich kid

Lowe's is also conservative leaning, but less rabidly than Home Depot, and they have a program for hiring veterans, so it's a lesser of two evils, I go there first. Ace used to be cheaper and closer, now it's far more expensive.

Literally the day laborers are waiting for a customer to hire them. (Usually a contractor or whatever needs extra hands)

Customers to hire them. This is so common that the writers assume everyone knows.