Florida woman works at Home Depot. Then she takes someone’s man: ‘Why not to trust your man working at Home Depot’
A Florida woman thought she had finally won a boyfriend from another. Instead, she learned he was never going to treat her any differently.
In a viral TikTok video with 18,000 views, user Lizbeth (@lizbethxca16) shared the tale of how she went from flirting with a man she worked with to having to take leave from her job just to deal with all the anxiety their relationship gave her.
It all began when she met a man a few years into working at Home Depot as a cashier. The pair developed a flirty work relationship. They took breaks from work together and even swapped social media information, even though she kept hearing other employees talking about the man’s girlfriend.
However, every time she asked him about the woman, he would respond evasively. So their relationship continued to develop.
What Happened With the Home Depot Worker?
Things spiraled out of control when the man’s girlfriend decided to show up at his workplace looking for him.
Apparently, the woman knew who Lizbeth was, approached her directly, and addressed her by name.
When the Home Depot worker asked the man to clarify why his girlfriend was approaching her at work, he ignored her messages.
At that point, it was clear that the man, in fact, had a girlfriend, even though he was acting flirty with his co-worker.
Still, she decided to continue her relationship with him after the incident because he claimed they had broken up. After a few months of “going out,” the pair regularly got into arguments, and Lizbeth says she developed anxiety.
Her anxiety got even worse when he decided to go back to his ex
“I was just down so bad,” she said. “I could not be at work.”
She took a month off work, at which point he tried to rekindle his relationship with her. The woman took him back, but admitted that’s when she finally saw his true colors.
“He tried to treat me the way that he was treating her,” she explained.
At one of his other jobs, he started a relationship with yet another woman.
“I think it was a lesson and I think it was also my karma,” she said.
Workplace Romances
According to a Forbes.com article, workplace “romances” are quite typical. In fact, over 60% of adults have reported participating in one.
Though their survey found that 43% of such romances led to marriages, a large percentage do not work out.
And the fallout from these relationships can be especially hard to manage. It oftentimes involves other employees, cheating, and ultimately issues that only HR can resolve.
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Falling Into The Trap of Abusive Relationships
What makes stories like this resonate isn’t just the messiness of one relationship. It’s how common the pattern is, especially in workplaces where proximity and routine blur boundaries. Everyone has heard of how commonplace “work husbands” and “work wives” are. When people meet on the job, familiarity can fast-track intimacy, while also making it harder to step back and assess red flags objectively.
Also, situations like this reflect a recurring dynamic in unhealthy relationships: the belief that being “chosen” or “picked” will translate to being treated better.
But patterns tend to repeat, not reset.
When someone is comfortable with dishonesty, triangulation, and emotional inconsistency, those traits don’t disappear with a new partner.
They are simply recycled and reused.
The Mary Sue reached out to Lizbeth by TikTok direct message and Home Depot by email for comment.
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