The fuck??? Why would home depot discoursge this??? Get a bunch of day laborers outside, who aren't affiliated with your company, and it's only GOOD news for your profits.

Consider this. A new home owner wants to refurbish their kitchen. So the guy goes down to home depot to get some materials. But he also knows there's some day laborers outside.

So now he's bought the materials from you, hired the labor from guys hanging around outside your store, and no matter what happens next, you made a sale because you're known for having day laborers outside.

Plus, even if they do a shitty job, the home owner has no recoarse against you. He can't sue YOU for shoddy worksmanship. You never hired these guys. All you did was sell the materials, and the materials are fine. It's the installation that was subpar.

And plus, it's not like home depot sells a seperate service of installation anyways. So they don't lose money, they gain sales, and have no legal obligation, and benefit from having an installation team that you don't pay, and aren't legally responsible for in any way.

Wait. Isn't it good for their business to have day laborers there? Wtr

Imagine if a private citizen tried to pull this stunt.

Don't customers pass through these areas too?

Their stocks went DOWN lol.

So assault?

In case anyone is wondering, Home Depot is claiming this is meant to deter overnight parking. This is something that has precedent elsewhere, but the timing of the installation with the recent ice raids is very interesting.

Home Depot CEO announces Golden Path: "We need to teach day laborers a lesson they'll remember in their bones"

Some Home Depot’s in the LA area have mobile offices set up where you can coordinate with a guy to get the right people for the job. Not sure if this is still around now?

Just need to hard it ear protection