Was that because of the cameras, or because illegal day laborers have been known to congregate in home center parking lots for 30+ years.

ethagnawl an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Then surely they're being used to bust the people hiring them, too ... Right?

abalashov 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It was both, of course, but it's not an accident they were placed there at scale.

My Home Depot, on the north coast, was selling off cases of Jarritos a few months ago. They very much cater to the day laborers.

I disagree, I see them all over the place, it is due to shoplifting.

	▲	abalashov 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is also due to shoplifting. They wouldn't get deployed if nobody could justify them in any way. https://prospect.org/2026/05/21/home-depot-lowes-downplay-cu...