diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 14917f81592..b95de249742 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 			return
 
 	if(href_list["pockets"] && usr.canUseTopic(src, BE_CLOSE, NO_DEXTERITY)) //TODO: Make it match (or intergrate it into) strippanel so you get 'item cannot fit here' warnings if mob_can_equip fails
-		var/pocket_side = href_list["pockets"]
+		var/pocket_side = href_list["pockets"] != "right" ? "left" : "right"
 		var/pocket_id = (pocket_side == "right" ? ITEM_SLOT_RPOCKET : ITEM_SLOT_LPOCKET)
 		var/obj/item/pocket_item = (pocket_id == ITEM_SLOT_RPOCKET ? r_store : l_store)
 		var/obj/item/place_item = usr.get_active_held_item() // Item to place in the pocket, if it's empty
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index 90f49faa0c5..e28be1677db 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -604,36 +604,34 @@
   * * handles the strip panel equip and unequip as well if "item" sent
   */
 /mob/Topic(href, href_list)
+	var/mob/user = usr
+
 	if(href_list["mach_close"])
 		var/t1 = text("window=[href_list["mach_close"]]")
 		unset_machine()
 		src << browse(null, t1)
 
-	if(href_list["refresh"])
-		if(machine && in_range(src, usr))
-			show_inv(machine)
+	if(user != src)
+		if(href_list["item"] && user.canUseTopic(src, BE_CLOSE, NO_DEXTERITY))
+			var/slot = text2num(href_list["item"])
+			var/hand_index = text2num(href_list["hand_index"])
+			var/obj/item/what
+			if(hand_index)
+				what = get_item_for_held_index(hand_index)
+				slot = list(slot,hand_index)
+			else
+				what = get_item_by_slot(slot)
+			if(what)
+				if(!(what.item_flags & ABSTRACT))
+					user.stripPanelUnequip(what,src,slot)
+			else
+				user.stripPanelEquip(what,src,slot)
 
-
-	if(href_list["item"] && usr.canUseTopic(src, BE_CLOSE, NO_DEXTERITY))
-		var/slot = text2num(href_list["item"])
-		var/hand_index = text2num(href_list["hand_index"])
-		var/obj/item/what
-		if(hand_index)
-			what = get_item_for_held_index(hand_index)
-			slot = list(slot,hand_index)
-		else
-			what = get_item_by_slot(slot)
-		if(what)
-			if(!(what.item_flags & ABSTRACT))
-				usr.stripPanelUnequip(what,src,slot)
-		else
-			usr.stripPanelEquip(what,src,slot)
-
-	if(usr.machine == src)
-		if(Adjacent(usr))
-			show_inv(usr)
-		else
-			usr << browse(null,"window=mob[REF(src)]")
+		if(user.machine == src)
+			if(Adjacent(user))
+				show_inv(user)
+			else
+				user << browse(null,"window=mob[REF(src)]")
 
 // The src mob is trying to strip an item from someone
 // Defined in living.dm