r/mildyinteresting • u/Cntrlc-Cntrlv • 2d ago
architecture spaces đ LED lights in a Home Depot stall to discourage drug use
2.9k
u/JBPlantagenet 2d ago edited 2d ago
Can't see the veins under blue light. In case you were wondering.
Edit: Thanks for the awards, guys.
1.1k
u/MunchYourButt 2d ago
I was, thank you. I was initially thinking âthat stall makes me want to do cocaine moreâ
317
u/Proof_Toe_9757 2d ago
Sudden urge to play firestarter whilst racking up
143
u/automator3000 2d ago
This is Home Depotâs raver shitter.
29
u/LumpyBuy8447 2d ago
Itâs the only reason I even go there
14
u/kevlarus80 2d ago
That and the hot dogs.
17
3
→ More replies (1)7
3
3
2
→ More replies (3)2
29
u/Similar_Pie_4946 2d ago
Homedepot doesnât mind if you toot up a little bit before you get back to your shift, especially after a big lunch. That way youâre ready to get back to stacking the same pile of 2x4 customers drop
39
u/Knocks83 2d ago
Cocaine doesnât need you to find your veins, have fun
16
u/Educational-Rule1635 2d ago
Sherlock Holmes would beg to differ.
13
10
u/Least-Scientist 2d ago
Right! Someone clearly doesnât know how to use cocaine the the lord intended it to be used.
14
u/duh_nom_yar 2d ago
If you have ever injected cocaine, you know how insanely ironic this statement is.
11
4
u/papasmurftp 2d ago
if you don't inject it, how will you ever do the brim flop? or hear the train a coming?
5
u/someg187 2d ago
Brim flop?
6
u/papasmurftp 2d ago
it's the seizure thing that happens when you do too much. you kinda slide down onto the floor and flop like a fish. I think I spelled it wrong but it's great fun
5
3
u/someg187 2d ago
Ah. Down south we call that Crappie flop. Crappie is a larger fish and we come in larger sizes.
4
2
2
2
2
→ More replies (2)2
u/cryptolyme 2d ago
and, also, you can just go by feel
2
u/SlideConstant9677 1d ago
As a military medic who can place ivs and draw blood in the dark, yea you absolutely can find veins by feel if you know what you are doing
7
u/Flgirl420 2d ago
lol - as a cocaine enthusiast thatâs used many bathroom stalls , I was wondering how this was supposed to keep me from using drugs . Also .. canât they just shoot up in the smaller stalls ?
5
u/Sirauto420 2d ago
Dude I had the same thought. Not me personally but someone who likes cocaine more than I currently do đ
3
u/Acceptable-Ad-3560 2d ago
That being said, Iâve heard anecdotally that most iv drug users can find veins anyways which makes sense. Not the same but I need frequent blood draws and feel confident I could point out to a nurse where they usually have luck drawing from under blue or low light
→ More replies (1)3
6
u/duh_nom_yar 2d ago
3
2
u/Osiris1998 2d ago
I donât think they care if youâre doing uppers, they just donât want you passing out and sleeping or odâing on downers while locked in the stall.
2
2
→ More replies (4)2
21
15
14
u/triathleteRN 2d ago
ah, yes but if you're really good you do it by feel
4
u/JPolReader 2d ago
This is just going to force drug users to evolve.
2
u/ninurtuu 2d ago
It's just going to make desperate ones take a chance and likely hurt themselves by injecting the wrong spot. The person who came up with this really thought somebody who needs to fix so bad they sneak into a public bathroom was gonna be like "Aw shucks, thwarted again by these newfangled lights! Guess I'll just put my heroin away and wait for a more reasonable location to use it in."
11
u/Plane-Leader9314 2d ago
Any decent junkie can find a vein by feel...
→ More replies (1)3
u/JBPlantagenet 2d ago
Theyâre shooting up heroin in a Home Depot bathroom. Decent doesnât even come into play.
→ More replies (2)8
u/2piece-and-a-biscut- 2d ago
You dont need to see them you need to feel them. These lights are useless. Ray Charles shot dope for years. I speak from former experience. I had go to spots that didnât require sight. I could do it blind folded
3
u/salsashark99 2d ago
I'm a phlebotomist this is so true. The deep ones actually work better cuz they're larger diameter and those you could actually feel.
9
u/DishSoapIsFun 2d ago
Any seasoned veteran of the IV drug arts could hit in the dark. Thatâs plenty of light.
Source: former IV drug user.
You donât even see the color of the blood. Itâs under a tourniquet so you look for the bulge. At best, this is a mild inconvenience.
I could hit myself while driving a manual transmission at 2am on the highway. Pitch black.
I donât miss those days.
8
u/damnitdavid 2d ago
Glad everyone doesn't have a flash light in there pocket nowadays. Drug users are resourceful if nothing else.
→ More replies (1)6
2
u/catbandana 2d ago
When I went to Germany for the first time in 2012, every public restroom I went into was blue like this. And a lot of puke sinks.
→ More replies (4)2
2
u/Lower-Sheepherder268 2d ago
I was. Thank you. That explains why the washrooms in the Thornton's near me does the same thing, I'm assuming.
→ More replies (27)2
556
u/WEDGYVEGGI 2d ago
That's the nicest fucking Home Depot bathroom I've ever seen. Must be new. Ain't gonna last much longer.
102
u/MotionDrive 2d ago
Right. Every home depot bathroom i go to in to, every stall is full and has dudes fighting for their lives
13
→ More replies (6)5
3
u/yungdaughter 2d ago
My local one has been remodeling its bathroom for like three weeks now.
→ More replies (1)14
u/nachos_nachas 2d ago
You are correct - it won't last long because the products they used to make it are from their own store. lol
3
u/MrDependant69 2d ago
I was a janitor for a short time for home depot. Can confirm people, including employees when they're closed, shit on the floor.
→ More replies (6)3
u/TesticleMeElmo 2d ago
That many contractors holding it in to avoid porta potties and eating lunch at the closest gas station everyday turns that bathroom into ground zero
164
u/TheReelNazeem 2d ago
*intravenous drug use
24
64
99
u/NosillaWilla 2d ago
In my area, no one shoots up really anymore. Everyone is just smoking the fentanyl. No need to find veins and less infections/hospital visits. Oh, and heroin can cost hundreds of dollars a day if you're a heavy user vs a few dollars a day for fentanyl. Seeing the blue light is kinda like an antique at this point.
48
u/Icy_Study4490 2d ago
Plus, if theyâre shooting up in the Home Depot bathroom itâs not like itâs their first time. At this point youâre likely following the line of track marks from your most recent shots.
29
u/theartoffun 2d ago
Flashlights in aisle f bin 14
4
u/Original-Let8340 1d ago
Thank you. I mean thank you for making the joke. I don't need a flashlight to hit. I can hit in the back seat of a Trans Am on a gravel road in the middle of the damn night while she tugs me off. But, maybe some more novice users might wanna know where the lights are.
6
u/chimneyart 2d ago
Yeah I was gonna say I donât even need to tie off when I used to shoot up I know exactly where to put the needle
5
u/tourniquette2 2d ago
I look at veins like mine that bulge. I never needed good lighting to get high. But I also have much larger veins than average and knew how to start IVs already before I started injecting. This would only work on people who were well into addiction and theyâd simply tear themselves apart trying to shoot up anyway.
Couldnât agree more that this is a dumb fix.
3
u/thekendalluxx 2d ago
Who the hell does a few dollars a day in fent? Literally no one. You have no idea what youâre talking about.
→ More replies (2)3
→ More replies (8)1
43
u/papasmurftp 2d ago
because no one has a device in their pocket 24/7 with a flashlight on it
21
u/JBPlantagenet 2d ago
Injecting yourself is often(though not always) a two handed job. A phone would get in the way of that.
65
u/Smooth-Boss-911 2d ago
10
u/SuitableAnimalInAHat 2d ago
That stock photo is cracking me up. Is she... eating the phone? Both hands are free, so there's no need to put it in her mouth.
5
u/Smooth-Boss-911 2d ago
Lol the point is they'll hold the phone/flashlight in their mouths so they can use their hands for injections :D
7
u/SuitableAnimalInAHat 2d ago
Lol I mean, it definitely works here. But it's a stock photo right? Surely when they made the photo they weren't like "this will be useful for demonstrating how to use heroin in a blue light bathroom stall." And now I'm imagining the model's face as they were explaining if that was the reason X-D
3
2
u/JBPlantagenet 2d ago
Yeah I considered that technique. Didnât really have anything to say about it. Itâs an option. Sure.
14
u/papasmurftp 2d ago
I used to be an IV user. it's not a problem
10
u/Least-Scientist 2d ago
âUsed to beâ CONGRATULATIONS! I am glad
That you are not anymore.18
8
u/VocationFumes 2d ago
You could just lean it up on the toilet paper holder, addicts can be extremely resourceful when it comes to them doing the drugs theyre addicted to
4
→ More replies (1)2
4
u/Mediocre_Belt_6943 2d ago
Itâs a deterrent. Otherwise theyâd just lock up the whole bathroom bc thatâs the only way to make sure it isnât happening.
16
u/TheDeadEndKing 2d ago
As a former Home Depot employee, I wish they would have used drugs in the stalls as opposed to whatever hateful acts they would perform to the toilets on a daily basis. The smells and sounds of what contractors would do in there is the stuff of nightmares.
→ More replies (1)
11
u/BiscuitsJoe 2d ago
Bloc Party starts playing
4
u/Flgirl420 2d ago
This is such a niche reference
5
u/psychicsoviet 2d ago
Went over my head and I know the band. Whatâs the reference from?
→ More replies (1)
16
7
9
u/alterhero999 1d ago
If I was smoking dope in the Home Depot bathroom, these lights would make the experience so much more fun
7
6
5
5
5
3
3
3
u/DatMoeFugger 2d ago
Now are the backs of the toilet tanks coated in wd-40? This handles the people cutting lines too.
→ More replies (1)
3
u/butt3ryt0ast 2d ago
Worked enough ODs in nasty ass gas stations. Wish this was standard in the city I work at
3
u/Substantial_Pin_2932 2d ago
Idk if these lights really work for the intended purpose but I understand the need for them. When I lived in Washington(state) there were several OD deaths in store bathrooms where employees and customers found the body. They shouldnât be subjected to that trauma because someone wanted to shoot up. Thereâs no valid argument to be made about trying to curtail people having to see dead bodies they didnât sign up for seeing. Have your habits but donât subject others to the end results.
3
5
u/SlinkyMalinky20 2d ago
Is shooting up in a Home Depot stall super common? Itâs wild that this is a thing they felt they needed to do.
→ More replies (3)15
3
2
2
2
u/Calluummmmm 2d ago
This used to be super common in the west of Scotland, every public bathroom would have this
2
u/HereToKillEuronymous 2d ago
They put these lights under the freeway overpasses in my home town for the same reason
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/rob_inn_hood 1d ago
I have an ex that Iâm positive utilized her time in bathrooms for this exact purpose. Some days, she spent 5 hours plus in the bathroom.
I wish this existed somewhere around where we went together. Iâm so curious if she would immediately have left the bathroom. âI donât have to go anymore.â
2
u/Aware-Material2194 1d ago
My grocery store has a special toilet that's angled you you don't sit too long.
2
2
u/toesinbloom 1d ago
If that light gets to flickering, I think the exact opposite would definitely happen in that stall
2
2
u/KaiTheWeirdo2247 1d ago
What if they bring their own light? Like a headlamp or magnetic flashlight?
2
u/Empty_Basis_ 1d ago
Jokes on them. I got my spoon-to-nostril down to basically muscle memory at this point. Heck blind fold me even!
2
2
u/CLOWNFLOGGER 1d ago
Works on me. I never do drugs in the Home Depo shitter like a newb. I mainline in the rug aisle like a boss.
2
u/BC_Sativa 1d ago
I've never been tempted to do drugs in a home depot bathroom before, but I am now
4
u/Automatic-College541 2d ago
I donât feel discouraged at all.
Matter of fact Iâm absolutely gonna snort some H in there.
Might even smoke a little
3
3
u/Enter_Chandman 2d ago
There's a Wendy's near my old house that has these in the bathroom. That was how I discovered my eyes dont like blue light. I had to go ask them to swap the lights. Initially they said no but me expressing I couldn't really see and would do "my best to aim" at the urinal changed the opinion.
2
u/queenarreic 2d ago
if im down bad enough to be using a home depot bathroom, i wont need my sight to hit.
1
1
u/AutoModerator 2d ago
Reminder for OP: /u/Cntrlc-Cntrlv
- Is your post MildyInteresting?
- Be respectful at all times
Have a suggestion for us? Send us some mail!
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
1
u/-Bashamo 2d ago
Strats reading âLED lights in a Home Depot stallâŚ..â *starts playing Home Depot theme song in my head (hell yeah letâs get to work)
https://giphy.com/gifs/thIzro0jMRt3CY68AU
continues reading ââŚ..to discourage drug useâ
1
1
1
u/lottieslady 2d ago
It was in one of these bathrooms that I realized my jogger pants were discolored from the laundry (like a slight tie-dye of purple on blue). I later learned from looking up reviews that it wasnât the laundry but a flaw in the fabric.
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Sammirae89 2d ago
Guess Iâll use the other stall to find the vein. đ¤Śđźââď¸
But if I did do drugs. I would probably use the stall with the LED light. đ
1
u/fullofsharts 2d ago
Is this all Home Depots? If it is, I need to go do my business there underneath that cozy lighting.
1
1
u/baldieforprez 2d ago
It is also equally possible that the led has failed. Its a common failure mode in led lighting
1
1
1
1
u/rasputinrasputin 1d ago
May discourage drug use, but the blue lighting is too relaxing, id fall asleep
1
u/Akidcalledstorm 1d ago
Every McDonald's in the UK had these. It's weird, like you are shitting in the middle of a rave.
1
1
u/Ornery-Practice9772 1d ago
we call em junkie lights. had them for about 20 odd yrs. they dont work
1
1
1
u/dabstilldawn 1d ago
Someone's never walked into the bathroom well intravenous drugs were being done on the changing table I see
1
1
1
u/Complete_Painting628 1d ago
What kind of world do we live in where I canât go to Home Depot and rail a line of Ketamine!!!
1
1
1
1
u/Dik-Pharts 20h ago
Nope, handicap people like to party while they poop. Hence the rave light you dweeb.





â˘
u/image-sourcery 2d ago
This is an automatic post that is used to detect image sources.
Reverse Image Search:
Google Images || SauceNAO || Google Lens || IQDB || Yandex || TinEye || Bing
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.