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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Home Depot is an hardware shop in the USofA, right?

If so, why is an hardware store open overnight? What DIY emergency can come about that it can't wait for working hours?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These stores are not open at night. They sometimes have overnight staff that process loading bay trucks and/or restock shelves on the retail floor.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Basically every chain grocery store does this at least once a week as well. I remember them trying to get me to do it when I worked for one while in college. Acted like it was such a great opportunity to get an extra buck an hour, which I quickly refused.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Go to any 24/7 store around 3-4am and you'll probably see people restocking shelves.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I actually forgot 24/7 stores existed. I am too rural to have those nearby.

Yeah, most of our stores close by 10, with a couple open to until 2. I worked as a night custodian for a time and hit the one 24/7 store sometimes on the way home.

[–] spacecadet@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I worked retail at a major store ~45k sqft and we had people come in at 2-3am and work until 10-11am “stocking shelves”. Thing is, part of our closing duties when it wasn’t busy was to restock the shelves. So most of the time the people stocking just ducked around for 8 hours. They were always super chill but had terrible weed.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

They were always super chill but had terrible weed.

Gotta save the good stuff for after work 😎