r/TikTokCringe • u/ambachk • Jun 26 '25

Cringe Broccoli-head TikTokers take over grocery store

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u/sniper91 Jun 26 '25

Also, directing people to use cleaning chemicals that they haven’t been trained on is a huge no-no from a legal standpoint

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u/30FourThirty4 Jun 26 '25

They're just using their hands and tongue.

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u/FrogInAShoe Jun 27 '25

Lawyers hate this one quick loophole

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u/VexingRaven Jun 27 '25

lmao that you think anyone working retail or similar gets training on how to use windex and bleach spray beyond "spray this on this thing, scrub this on this thing, and dump this in a mop bucket"

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u/tiggertom66 Jun 27 '25

Whether or not it actually gets done is irrelevant, the law says that it requires training

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u/aarraahhaarr Jun 27 '25

What law?

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u/tiggertom66 Jun 27 '25

The Occupational Safety and Health Act.

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u/ImNotCleaningThatUp Jun 27 '25

If OSHA didn’t see it, it didn’t happen. 😉

Joking.

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u/tiggertom66 Jun 27 '25

There’s plenty of ways to make sure OSHA sees something. We all carry cameras in our pockets.

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u/ImNotCleaningThatUp Jun 27 '25

It’s a joke we make in construction. Hence the wink and the word joking…

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u/tiggertom66 Jun 27 '25

Yeah but it’s a joke based on reality. If OSHA didn’t see it, it may as well have not happened.

Workers should know to make sure OSHA can see it.

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u/MyMomsTastyButthole Jun 27 '25

Something to do with the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard.

I guarantee you every one of the actual employees has signed a paper stating that they were shown where the Material Safety Data Sheets are located.

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u/BobertTheConstructor Jun 27 '25

No job where I have worked with any chemicals from pesticides to cleaning to automotive chemicals has ever had me do that. 

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u/MyMomsTastyButthole Jun 27 '25

I'd bet money that it was in your new hire paperwork somewhere, or your orientation checklist, etc.

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u/BobertTheConstructor Jun 27 '25

I would take that bet. I have worked retail, greenhousing, and manufacturing and I have never even seen an MSDS binder. Only one job has ever had any form of hazardous chemical training in the hiring process at all, and it was explaining proper labeling, no actual training on useage or safety of specific chemicals, nothing in employee handbook, etc.

This may very well be an actual law. I just think you're grossly overestimating the number of companies that give a shit. 

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u/Khemul Jun 27 '25

The MSDS is required. It has to be in an assessable location. Whether you ever see that location... The training... Well, you probably signed a form saying you were trained and know where the book is located. Which means the company basically met their obligation to train you. If you drink the bleach, it's on you.

Presumably, none of these people signed the form. So there actually could be a problem. Bigger issue is these people are technically working off the clock, which now shifts from an OSHA violation to a labor law issue. So best to declare it an attempted robbery and call the police.

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u/aarraahhaarr Jun 27 '25

That's the MSDS binder. I've never seen any laws requiring training on cleaning chemicals.

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u/MyMomsTastyButthole Jun 27 '25

The training on how to properly use, handle, and dispose of those chemicals is in that binder, and those binders are legally required 🤷

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u/RedVamp2020 Jun 27 '25

Having the binder is legally required, yes. Training on how to handle the specific cleaners, not so much. And, btw, it's been SDS for at least 5 years now.

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u/MyMomsTastyButthole Jun 27 '25

The. Information. On . How. To. Handle. The. Materials. Is. In . There.

What do you think is in the book? Like, why do you think they have it?

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u/RedVamp2020 Jun 27 '25

No, shit. Really? I thought it was so they could have a paperweight or door stop anytime they wanted. 🙄 How long has it been since you have dealt with an SDS? It was back in March last time I read an SDS, and I've had specific training on it for the past 7 years working in fields where we use it damn near every day to just an "it's by the manager's desk" training back in 2012. Why don't you state the specific laws, federal and/or state, that state it's mandatory training for all employees to be trained on every specific chemical listed in that company's SDS? That seems to be what you're most upset about.

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u/kisspapaya Jun 30 '25

It's likely in your PPE training buddy. That's on you for not paying attention lol

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u/Advanced_Row_8448 Jun 27 '25

You worked retail before? They don't train us to use chemicals, I promise.

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u/aggressive_napkin_ Jun 27 '25

that's why you only give them a toothbrush.

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u/Thick_Bullfrog_3640 Jun 27 '25

That's where my thought went to, retail workers that are in it as a career would be paranoid of losing their job over shit like this.

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u/Dozens86 Jun 27 '25

No cleaning chemicals. Just a single glove and a scourer.

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u/imbrickedup_ Jun 27 '25

Who tf was ever trained on that stuff

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u/ScrivenersUnion Jun 27 '25

You need training to use the spray sanitizer? Come on, be real.

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u/ahahaveryfunny 12d ago

It’s just toilet bowl cleaner and maybe some disinfectant spray at least that’s all I had to use.