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Idiots! Heavy shit low, light stuff higher up. Do you store your cast iron pans over your head at home??? Nope!

Would have helped if he knew how to use it. Home depot always have the dumbest operators. Yes it was rotten but it wouldn't have fallen apart if he would have gone all the way in with the forks. He was only halfway in. Of course, it's gonna break halfway

Popping up in my feed today ❤

Manager should be fired for allowing heavy tall palletized material up on the top rack.should be on floor or second rack.

Violating every lift rule. I do this all day long at HD.

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I used to deliver pallets of mulch, those pallets were always rotted cause they sit and sit outside through the seasons. Every single one of em.

Yes!! Freaking awesome!

Looks like he didn't have the front of the pallet tilted. up enough and hooked some of the pallet on the shelving.

Wish I’d been there, they probably sold the damaged bags at half price 😂

There's a bunch of future fails on that rack.

Damn really nothing he could’ve done, pallet is already crumbling.

Most mulch pallets are junk. However the load should have been on the plate with the forks all the way in. Lift the darn thing where it is. If it sticks and you cant get it get a reach truck. Former forklift driver from lowes.

New it..Chits gonna fall

Bro this is why you use the reach truck not the forklift

Not the drivers fault pallet is literally rotted

I'm gonna guess that you are a Libra

Lowe's & Home Depot are my top 2 least favorite store chains of all time!

As a forklift operator myself you got to be able to know when a pallet is good and sturdy and ready to be put away! That pallet was terribly put together and so lopsided

A little back story to this situation. I worked at this Home depot. The guy operating the forklift was a long time lawn and Garden associate named Gary. One of the nicest guys ever really cared about the store and the company. This previous day corporate did a walk through of the store and noted several unsafe pallets in the store most of which were in outside Garden. I was in the break room at the time and i could hear the regional managers yelling at the store ASMs and garden department head about the pallet situation… the next day The ASM named Barb ( total bitch) told Gary that there were atleast 4 pallets in garden that needed to come down due to being damaged or not shrink wrapped correctly. Gary was certified on all the power equipment in the store. Gary told Barb. The they should use 2 order pickers to cut the wrap on the pallet and bring the product down piece by piece. Barb stressed and pressured gary saying that they could spare 2 order pickers cause it was Saturday morning and that the store was projected to be very busy for the day. Barb told gary to just block off the area and use the forklift. Gary reluctantly agreed. Ironically barb was garys spotter. The blocked off the area with gates and began to get the pallet down.. as you can see by the video due to the unsafe nature of the situation it drew a small crowd of customers and associates. After the pallet fell as noted in the video Gary was sent home for the day as he was upset about the situation. I was not in this day but from what I understand my fellow associates told gary accidents happen no big deal. When i came back to work (i worked in Electrical dept next to Garden) i was shocked not to see Gary in for his shift making a pot of coffee and telling his fishing stories. Figured he was sick. Well nope. HE was FUCKING FIRED!!! I was beside myself they forced him to do it. They claim that Gary should have told Barb that he was going to notify an ASM the situation was unsafe… anyways kinda shitty situation no matter what way you look at it….. i now work for a lumber yard and have for the past 7 years and am a safety manager and we use this video in our forklift operator’s presentation… i am finally telling Garys story… if you feel you situation is unsafe never be afraid to push it up the chain. Barb should have been the one being fired NOT Gary… Jack Former Home depot Electrical and Lumber Department Head

Look how high those pallets are stacked and they are all leaning. How is that safe?

Pallet was fucked

It’s never a dull moment when you work at the Home Depot

I love hearing all the engineers and experts weighing in - they never fail.

And the person whom put the pallet up there should be talking to?

It looked as if the pallet was to weak! Those pallets can be bad

This guy was seen interviewing with Lowe's the next day! (and he was hired!) 🤪

I would’ve just put it back and told my manager I couldn’t take it down. Lol if them or any member of management has a forklift license then I’ll gladly allow them to show me the right way 😁👍🏾

That pallet was so waterlogged it’s wild

how to buy this

He didn't have his Forks all the way in. Which caused that to happen. But it's a minor inconvenience. He's maintained the zone of safety the only thing I could see a strike for is I don't see a spotter

Doesn’t look like he ever had his forks tilted back much, but probably wouldn’t have helped because this pallet was so far gone. I suppose ZMA the whole pallet they will send more.

What I find strange about the forklift fails is that its blatantly obvious what is going to happen yet the drivers themselves don't see it.

That's why I don't operate power equipment

These pallets often sit unattended throughout wet and dry extreme weather conditions. When I was in charge of a reset crew for Home Depot we often encountered pallets as well as shelving materials that were brittle and unstable.

Why did the asshole videoing not help the guy out? You saw there was an issue but can’t be bothered to help them out. Because fuck em.

This is all adorable.

This is cute. 😄

I’m guessing he had maybe 2 min of training lol. I’m glad I don’t do warehouse forklift stuff no more.

Time to go make a peepee for the bossman. I hate it when that happens

Lift it close to home

Why didn’t the driver use the reach truck instead?

So glad I work in Flooring.

The pallets are terrible, whoever put those up thier isn't very bright

Is because the pallet was broken.

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...and the dude didn't even get paid a nickel more an hour for working heavy equipment. Ain't worth the responsibility.

He should have straightened out the pallet on the rack, then started from scratch. What I do to test if a leaning pallet is going to tip over is I lift the pallet above the rack and see if there's a low spot or not. If no matter how high you lift the pallet, part of it stays in contact with the rack, it is going to tip over. Never just slide it off the rack as you back out and hope for the best.

No wonder Home Depot is always out of stock on certain items... stop putting morons on the forklift

All those pallets should NOT have product stacked that high on them.