Some Home Depot employee forgot to work out the kink, so to speak, in the inventory for Aisle 15. Or maybe that employee is sneaking their fetishes into the workplace!
As seen in images circulating on social media, one location’s Aisle 15 sign reads, “Hardware: Lubricants, Rope & Chain, Screws, Tie Downs.”
Is this Home Depot or Homo Depot? Either way, it seems Aisle 15 the place to be for BDSM buffs.
“I hear they also have some really good hard and soft woods,” one Reddit commenter quipped.
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On another Reddit thread about the same aisle sign, someone “active in the BDSM scene” revealed that Home Depot is their favorite place.
“Confirmed!” another commenter added. “Most of the scene gets their gear from hardware stores.”
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A third Reddit user, meanwhile, shared words of wisdom they got from a college friend: “Honey, kinky people don’t shop at sex shops. Kinky people shop at Home Depot.”
This kink-friendly aisle—which someone dubbed “Fifty Shades of Orange”—has been spotted in other Home Depot locations, too.
At one store, for example, all those items are listed in Aisle 14, and helpfully, they’re translated for all you Spanish-speaking customers/kinksters out there. And at another store, the placard for “Screws” has been swapped out for one reading “Gloves.” Hey, no glove, no love, right?
Ronbo
Cute.
Mr. Stadnick
This is just like a high school newspaper article.
Heywood Jablowme
You must have gone to a rather kinky high school!
mantus
And boy, do we need that now!! Lighten-up.
missvamp
everyone i know refers to it as dom depot. it’s a running joke.
Mack
Most I know call it Homo Depot.
TomG
LOL….I’ll never look at that aisle the same way again.
Openminded
Me either. Not into kink so I never noticed the tie that binds those items together. (see what I did there?) Even if this is an employee having fun with aisle markers, it’s really funny. And yes, I’ll be paying close attention to this aisle. Pity the poor unsuspecting single customer in that aisle who is legit looking at rope for conventional purposes. He’ll be wondering why all the guys are so interested in offering advice and assistance. As for “lubricants”, check out the wire pulling lubricant over in “electrical”. It’s a giant bottle of KY, only much more economical. I’ve never used it for anything other than it’s labeled use, but I swear, it’s exactly like KY.
barryaksarben
No self respecting gay should EVER buy from this store as the owner is a homophobe. Go to LOWES instead or a local hardware store and sta out of the depot
Heywood Jablowme
That’s a misconception. You’re referring to an early investor (not even a “co-founder” though he often incorrectly calls himself that), Ken Langone who nowadays owns about one & a half PERCENT of the stock. He mostly sold out over 20 years ago and hasn’t been on the board since. Over 72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors, the usual suspects like Vanguard Group, Blackrock, State Street, Capital World Investors, FMR, Bank of America – the 6 largest stockholders – and a bunch of other banks & investment firms. If the argument is “he still owns 1-1/2% so they listen to him,” lol no they don’t, why would they. If the argument is “he made a lot of HD money and he donates to Republicans,” one of the REAL co-founders Arthur Blank (now the owner of the Atlanta Falcons) is also a billionaire who donates mostly to Democrats.
If you think Lowe’s is any different, lol, even more of their stock (77%) is owned by institutional investors and the biggest shareholders are almost identical: Vanguard, Blackrock, State Street, FMR, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America.
HD PAC political donations in 2020: 44% to Democrats, 56% to Republicans.
Lowe’s PAC political donations in 2020: 30% to Democrats, 70% to Republicans.
TAZnTampa
{overheard on PA}
“Attention Associates, we need a clean up on Aisles 14 & 15”