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Today I had to do a Home Depot run to pick up 5/4 decking boards . They were the only store that had any inventory . The shelves were almost bare but then I spotted a full bundle of 10 footers on the high rack .

I got the rest of what I needed and went to the checkout . Pulled my truck into the loading zone and two minutes later a fork lift rounds the corner with my purchase . The forklift operator and the spotter are young pups so I gave suggestions on how to load the stack .

When I was younger I worked in a lumber yard and used forklifts many times to load customer trucks . Anyway the youngin on the forklift says he's got it and did nothing I suggested ☹️ .

It only took about 3 minutes for this clown to snap the plastic bands ........ plastic bands and almost all of the load came crashing down smashing my tailgate . The tailgate was down/horizontal but they only had the load about a foot into the truck . I looked at the kid and said you should have listened to me .

Manager was called and I took pics . Accident report was filled out and I have a copy . I also have the names of the employees and the manager . Looking my truck over after I unloaded at home it looks like a new tailgate and LED light strip above the bumper will fix it.

The worst part of the entire ordeal ......... not one of them apologized . Not one of them. I think I took more pictures than the manager . I guess it's a different world now .