A woman working at a Home Depot was asked to grill for Father’s Day, but it backfired on her completely.
In a video with 170,000 views as of Thursday, TikToker and Home Depot employee @lescervantess discovered how easy it is to tip over a grill.
“My job asked me to grill for Father’s Day of all days,” the description of her video read. Ten minutes after starting her grilling process, the grill had fallen over, with food splattered across the parking lot.
Viewer @jacoby asked in the comments, “How does that even happen?”
So, why did the grill fall over?
Many people in the comments section of @lescervantess’s video speculated as to why the grill fell over, which made for an interesting collage of guesswork from internet sleuths. @billie18 wrote, “I think she may have tripped on the cord causing the whole thing to fall?”
@lescervantess answered by saying, “For the people asking what happened, the grill was on the cart for transport and I hit a pothole and it tumbled off the cart… I can’t do anything right.”
@ry wrote, “The sheer skill for that to even happen is insane.”
Why was Home Depot even using the grill?
Many viewers may have taken to Home Depot’s website to search for a grilling event near them, but Home Depot only does cookout videos and live demonstrations on rare occasions. Locations usually run their live demonstrations around Father’s Day, Memorial Day, or during other special holidays. Some TikTok users, like @blazingstarbbq, have been able to do live demonstrations with the home improvement store, but not every BBQ connoisseur can schedule their own “live demonstration.”
Home Depot doesn’t just use their demonstration grills for this purpose, however. The store also has cookouts for its employees. A post by a Reddit user in r/homedepot discussed their “Father’s Day cookout, ” where employees cooked “hamburgers, turkey Burgers, Salmon and corn on the cob.”
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Could the grill go on clearance for being dented?
One humorous commenter asked whether the grill they would discount the grill or put it on clearance.
@Stalker Brian commented, “30% off,” jokingly guessing what the price could be after the grill’s disastrous fall.
@notsoluckyluciano77 added, “[alright], I’ll take [it] for a discount.”
Home Depot uses its live demonstration grills to showcase product quality, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the home improvement store will sell those testers “straight off the sidewalk.” It’s unlikely that a live demonstration grill would be sold, but it is technically possible that it could happen.
Currently, Home Depot only advertises brand-new boxed grills online. They have a 30-90 day return policy, and some of those grills could end up sold at a discount; some online forums claim that they’ve been sold floor model grills. Floor models are very different from live demonstration grills, however. They are typically not cooked in-store. There are a number of reasons why a company like Home Depot wouldn’t sell a used grill, including the product’s overall cleanliness and reliability.
The Mary Sue has reached out to Home Depot and @lescervantess for comment.
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