John Oliver’s Take on Robots, Lowe’s, and Home Depot

With the help of Nick Offerman, the star of Last Week Tonight explains why the OSHBot is bad and human sales associates are good for America’s marriages.

According to HBO’s John Oliver (Last Week Tonight), robots such as Lowe’s experimental OSHBot could be a bad thing for American marriages. Why? Because couples sometimes argue while shopping at home improvement stores and a robot would not know how to intervene. But Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman does, as he so ably illustrates in the video below, where he plays the role of a Home Depot associate.

[Warning: The video below contains profanity and touches on R-rated topics. If you are uncomfortable with that kind of material, don’t watch it.]

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David Frane

David Frane is a former foreman with Thoughtforms Corp., a construction company based in West Acton, Mass., and former editor of Tools of the Trade.