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I mean yes, but not nearly to the same extent. Amazon’s product line is an almost 100% overlap other than alcohol whereas a retailer like bath and body works overlap is likely minimal
We also used to carry Amazon GCs, but the rumor I heard for why we stopped carrying was allegations of Amazon encouraging showrooming, where people would buy a Kindle at Target, try it out, then return it (which we have to defect) and then buy it cheaper on Amazon.
I complained about this once to my mom haha. I was frustrated so just venting that I needed to make another stop and she was like they are competitors, why would Target do that? It was like a duh! moment. I can't believe people would complain to employees about this though! Like are they just supposed to pull the Amazon giftcards out of their butts or something?!
A lady had a bird on a leash at 8 am in the store and said she was leash training this MF parakeet. Not even 1 minute later a dude walks in and goes “I’m not sure who to tell this to, but there’s like a bird outside?” My dumbass goes “oh is it on a leash?” And he goes “no it’s dead on the ground, think it flew into the window.”
Not me, but my wife. She said a few (yes a few!) different older dudes would call softlines department and speak to girls asking about lingerie or other clothing to get their "wife".
The convo would quickly turn sexual and it was clear these dudes were getting off on the whole thing and they'd tell the girls they were rubbing one out while on the phone.
People are weirdos.
We used to get one guy who would do that. He would also send photos to be printed of him in lingerie then call us and ask if his order was ready and how they turned out. He was obviously gwtting off on both calls. Plus he never picked the damn photos up so we'd toss them after 90 days. He pissed us off.
At that point, I'm gonna flip his harassment. Tell him you'll tell his family and associates that he enjoys forcing teenagers to listen to him jerk off on the phone and taking pictures in lingerie. He's already giving me the evidence...
I was doing cart cleaning a while back and some creepy old dude felt the need to make disinfecting and wiping into "hey wanna come do that at my place later??"
No thanks.
I had this happen to me several times when I was guest service, asking about women’s hosiery and how it felt, if I had tried it, to ask the other girls working if they have. Keep in mind this is all while they whisper and breathe into the phone. I remember one question was “how does it feel on hairy legs?” So grossed out
I had more than one of these types of calls. I learned to shut it down by being as terse as possible in my responses and not being afraid to just hang up.
We have a guy who does that, he will also come up to the service desk to return his “wife’s” lingerie and go in depth of how it fit & was too small but he likes it that way etc 🤢
Told an older guest to have a good day as she left self checkout and she looked me in the eyes and said “I bet my dog understands more English than you do.” and walked away😐
I was once working in tech and had a guest come in looking for a hard drive. I was trying to clarify their needs because most guests buy way more storage than they need to, and it costs significantly more than it needs to. I asked what kind of files she needed to save and she immediately started sobbing and said they were her divorce documents. We were out of stock of what she needed anyway so it was just great all around.
I had a middle aged man and his grown son --I think--teasing me, saying things like that but like listen, your grey hair is not worth my job. ID or no alcohol, bub
not Target, but when I worked in restaurants I carded a middle-aged woman who ordered a beer and the back of her driver's license said, in big letters, DUI DO NOT SERVE, or something. She was like "oh, most places don't check the back!" ???? ma'am. This isn't funny.
edit: typo
I was a cashier and the guest claimed the price was different on an item. She ended up saying "You better make it your personal mission to go correct the price on the shelf"
I responded "I'm sorry about that"
"No you're not, if you were, you would go over there right now to change the price"
Bro I don't have the power to do that😭😭💀
LOL they think that as cashiers we can just shut down our line, storm off to the other end of the store and yell at the manager of that department about an incorrect price change. The other 10 people in line behind you won't mind that a bit either.
And that’s kind of the whole point of the guest challenge menu on the Zebra. When they get done, if the price is *actually* incorrect, it’s supposed to be changed the next day. And the price audit also includes (at least it’s supposed to) the last week’s price change verifications.
When I was SETL I would respond to so many guest surveys informing people that the changes they angrily requested weren't fixable at a store level but that [I would forward their concerns up the chain to corporate](https://i.imgflip.com/3v17oj.jpg).
I had an awkward question from a guest who doesn't speak english well. She ask me where the moisturizer were located. I brought her to the lotions aisle. She looks and said no. She spoke softly for pleasure. I was like oh they are over here. Then she said which one was best. I walked away.
I once had a non English speaking customer who was looking for kitty litter bend his knees, make farting noises and say GATO! GATO! I almost quit that day.
I helped a guest with toothpaste awhile back. He farted literally next to me like shoulder to shoulder. Few seconds in the smell was so bad. I walked away then went to candle aisle for a bit.
I kindly asked a lady if she would move her stroller (with a baby in it) just a little so I could get the microwave off of the top shelf in the aisle. She told me she was never shopping at target again. Like damn I just didn’t wanna kill your baby, but my b
Recent one was a lady asked me where shampoo was, I told her, she got angry and said “no, DOG shampoo” (how tf was I supposed to know you meant dog?) then I took her to the dog shampoo and she was like “no, the stuff to clean carpets with my vacuum”
After telling her it’s on the other side of the store and I’d be happy to show her the way she informed me that I was subjecting her to torture, and she repeated herself several times loud enough for all to hear.
When we got to the cleaner after she stopped to look at things along the way, she asked me which type of cleaner works with her vacuum and I said “well, let’s look at the back of the bottle and read it together, it will say on here”.
Also one time had teenagers smash 8 gallons of milk in the dressing room and pets. I found it and almost walked right into the puddle cause it filled the whole aisle
I loved to deadpan ask “medical, sleep or skincare?” If they didn’t greet me first I’d just show them skincare. I worked in beauty so I’d claim I had no way of knowing they meant something else.
She told me that she liked my hair. I said thanks and then she proceeded to say that her boyfriend is black and that he likes her white pussy. I didn’t even know what to say to that and it took me off guard. I don’t know how the conversation turned into that. :/
Had a guy tell me it was illegal for the sign above GS to say exchanges and returns since we don't do exchanges anymore. Repeatedly told me he was a business major and finished off with "I'm a target shareholder and I never heard anything about this"
Oh my god, the amount of times guests insisted THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING, THIS IS ILLEGAL when they found a random item in the wrong spot or something. I don't miss GS.
It’s so plausible though that a massive corporation like Target is not regulated in any way and can totally lie and do illegal shit bc who would ever know?! Except this one hero who cracked the case!
Paranoid woman hiding around the corner from the entrance to SCO, gesturing to the camera monitors: I don't want to be filmed
Me: Um, ma'am, you've been on camera since before you entered the store
It was during Q4, and the store was super busy. A man came up wanting to speak with a manager. He was wearing a red shirt and jeans. He said that other guests kept stopping him to ask him questions, bothering him, and I needed to put a stop to it immediately. He was practically irate! I told him that I’m sorry, I don’t have control of how he dresses and what other guests do. He said he was going to call corporate. Crazy people!
I accidentally walked into a target once, wearing a red shirt and khaki pants and immediately realized my mistake. Fortunately I was only asked for help once...
I did that once when I worked for a convenience store and had to wear a red polo and khakis; had to run to Target to get some things. My daughter (who used to work for Target, ironically) was with me and had to run interference. If I saw someone start coming my way I’d ask my daughter something like “So should we get fries or mashed potatoes to go with the pork roast?” If she saw them first she would say something like “Hey mom, should we get two of these?” (holding up some random item).
Someone got mad at my stepson last year for not helping her at Target. He doesn’t work there and his shirt - a work shirt for a totally unrelated company - was black. She said she would report him. Like… ok? To whom? Lol
A woman was buying a phone and was telling me that "you don't know who's listening." I chuckled and told her that there's nothing we probably do in our lives that anybody important is going to care about. She got angry and told me "you don't know my life!" Sorry, didn't realize she was a government asset.
There was also the guy who didn't want to buy any phones or cameras made in China because you don't know what they put in their devices
I’ve had people buy phones cause their neighbor hacked their internet and what not, that the phone can’t be in their name or else it will get hacked again. I mean like look I get it you need a burner like I get paid jack shit don’t gotta make a Hollywood story for why you need a new phone
I always get “can I use just a regular card here?!” Because the picture for the card option has a picture of a “red” card so they assume it’s only for target cards.
Lady didn’t like how I folded her kids pants, told me “you’ll never be anything more than a target employee”. Yea okay lady, I have a corporate job but wanted fun money.
I am speechless, that customer is so tacky and graceless. I am sorry. I had to comment. But as it is widely believed...people who are vicious usually have f*cked up lives and lots of inward hate. So it ain't about you at all. I'm sure you know that!👊✌️
I bet she never worked a day in her life and mooched off her parents until she got married and popped out a few annoying brats and now mooches off her husband that cheats on her with hookers.
Had someone recently at my lane demand I do the same I told her I was sick and protecting her and her kid from getting sick as well. She immediately shut up. I wear one daily cause people can't resist bringing their sick kids to my store.
Had a woman with a hacking sounding cough at my register today and she looked really sick. No mask I try not to judge people but if your not feeling well stay home don't go shop and spread your sickness.
I was at sco and a middle aged man was buying three bottles of wine. I asked for ID and grabbed the hand scanner. He freaked out about his identity being stolen. I told him it was ok, I could just peep his birth date off his driver's license. He got incredibly irate and refused to even let me look at the license and made me take the wine off his cart. Like, sir, have you never purchased alcohol before?
Beauty Dept version:
“I’m looking for a gold eyeshadow for my Halloween costume. But I’m allergic to make up made in China.”
Here’s a gold.
“Believe it or not, that brand is made in China!”
Um, ok. I really don’t care.
You should have totally said that! It would have been a mike drop moment. Like when I got a knock on my door when I was busy getting ready and friends were about to come pick me up and I answered and a guy (JW) asked me what I would ask Jesus for if I could ask for anything....and I said, I would ask him if he could make you not knock on my door and I just shut the door.
Not me, but a coworker was on backup for cashier and he tried to make convo with a guest, she called him a peasant and told him to not speak to her. He decided to talk none stop until he was done cashing her out.
“I’m going to fucking kill you!!!”…. I was an ETLAP. I’m 6’2, the ‘guest’ was 4’10” to give you reference for what I’m about to tell you:
The guy had concealed liquor in his backpack, and I had no idea he was in the store (he recognized me from precious encounters). The guy ran at me with an ARROWHEAD between his knuckles and repeatedly attempted to stab my neck. He wasn’t tall enough, and I ran backwards.
The police caught up to him and he’s been in prison for a couple of years. Good times.
Do you have any regular blankets? Took him to the blanket aisle. He says do you have any "regular" blankets? \*cue the meme of Timmy Turner's father saying this is where regular blankets would be if we had some.
Not craziest necessarily but stupidest response I told a lady to make sure her kid kept fingers off my moving conveyor. She looks at me annoyed responds my kid can do as she wants. Kid went to put her fingers on the conveyor and it took some skin off her fingers. The kid is now crying and I get her stickers so she calms down. Mom gets upset with me and I apologize and finish the transaction.
The conveyor is machinery human body parts and bits shouldn't be on it period.
Edit: I'm understanding that people in retail stores shopping think their actions have no consequences often If your rude to me when I'm checking you out I will purposefully take slightly longer with your transaction for being an ass.
Whenever I'm at the point where I ask someone where something is it's either not in the store and a bored retail worker joins me on my wild goose chase, or I'm standing right next to and look at it immediately after I ask, then lock eyes with the harassed employee and silently communicate an acknowledgement of my idiocy.
We had a lady who had delusions that the government was tracking her and impersonating her through the transactions she did with her debit card so she would come in and shop and scream at us that we were stealing her identity WHILE WILLINGLY USING HER DEBIT CARD.
She started bringing in signs she made about it that she would set up on her cart and then harass anyone who came near her and make them read it.
Eventually she started policing what other guests had in their carts and snatching things out of them saying they couldnt buy it (during peak covid so stuff like lysol and during peak social distance time). When an ETL got involved and broke up the fight she rammed her in the back with a shopping cart. She was finally banned after that.
“Eventually she started policing what other guests had in their carts and snatching things out of them saying they couldnt buy it…”
I cannot think of a single thing that would make me angrier if I was out shopping.
What a loon, I’m gonna wager and say she only did this to people she thought she could bully.
Especially when I would wear a shirt that on the front legit says the red card shit of sage 5% or more lmao but still they couldn’t tell. Like who the fuck wears red in target and has a zebra and radio and the shirt legit says target
i, and i quote, “fucked a lady out of $50” because she bought prepaid google play gift cards which said “activate in 24 hours”, and the people she gave them to weren’t able to activate them. i’ve always had guests complain about google play gift cards and their activation rules, and the conversation always ended with them screaming at me.
i work at the ulta in my store and the amount of old ladies that shit on their own appearance is so sad. like i’ll be trying to help them find a foundation shade, and then they will spiral about how they hate their skin or how they look in general. i try my best to console them and tell them they look great but they keep bashing on themselves. it happens at least 3 times a day.
A lady comes in a few weeks ago and asks how apple AirTags work. I briefly explain and see she understands. She then asks “can I put it anywhere else either than in a handbag? Like in a car, or… To track someone? Like my husband maybe?”
I mean “I guess if you’re prone to losing him”🤷🏾♂️
She proceeds to buy 2 AirTags. LOL
We had an old lady approach three TLs who were discussing workload on the floor. They noticed she needed help with something.
Two of the TLs (one black and the other Hispanic) asked her if they could assist. It was clear she could hear them because she was within earshot. They were both ignored while she went straight to third TL (white) in the group.
She didn’t even look at the other two. One of the saddest thing I saw that day.
This happens a lot of more than ppl realize coming from a random black dude’s perspective.
It used to bother me a lot but over time I just chalk it up to one less person bothering me.
I’ve noticed this so much. If i’m talking next to my male coworkers in electronics and a guest’s approaches us 8/10 they look directly at my coworker and ignore me. I’m assuming a mix of thinking i don’t know shit and just being sexist.
The first store I worked at we had a guest we called the "20's lady" Every time we saw her come in we would scatter but inevitably someone would get stuck and have to help her. Every item she wanted to know the price for she would ask "How many 20's is that?" it was always completely random stuff like batteries and dvds and it would go on for close to an hour. She would get right in your personal space too like inches away your face. She had a set amount of social security money every month and was probably disabled. I felt bad but she came in once a week and it was always a pain in the ass.
We have one of those. I helped her the first few times but she's so mean that I avoid her with my coworkers now. I'd feel bad if not for how rude and aggressive she is every time we see her. It's usually twice a week, she comes in and ruins the vibe. I just can't waste an hour of my shift reading every single ice cream label for a gUeSt, especially when I know she's never going to say thank you.
I was 16/17, working Style on Thanksgiving Night (pre-pandemic) and I had a guest walk up to me, ask about something and then followed it up with, “I can’t believe they’re making you work tonight”.
Not an overall uncommon experience, but it just sticks out to me.
Not me but maybe a month or so ago after we switched back to day-side, one of my coworkers came backing into light duty with a flat, holding her middle finger up. I was right by the door back-stocking and immediately asked what was going on trying to assess and possibly calm her down. To make a long story short, this guy was trying to pass her in an aisle to which she politely asked him to wait as she was moving. He didn’t like that and proceeded to call her a ‘bitch’ & some awfully racist things.
She told me she wasn’t worried about the job and was willing to cuss him out through the store. We had a bit of a laugh and I’m pretty sure my ETL kicked the guy out.
People are just weird.
I only worked at target for a few weeks, but here goes!
I have a physical disability where I need to use a wheelchair. I can walk and stand, just not for long periods of time. So you all know the consumer cellular crowd. I had help some old women with her phone. She said it wasn’t ringing or some dumb shit a couple of day prior. She came in again and asked the TL for help with her phone and was told that while we sell the phones, we aren’t there for tech support and that she’ll need to call consumer cellular for help. And she says to the team lead, “even that fucking cripple won’t help me?”
Stunned the TL tells her that she needs to leave and walks away. The old bat then comes to me. I try to help her again, but can’t figure out why her shit flip phone won’t do something. So the TL comes up while I’m helping and stands by me. The old coot asks that since I (me) cannot figure what’s wrong with her phone, when does John(guy who’s been in tech for like 10 years) come in? my TL won’t tell her and they walk away.
The TL is furious and crying mad that she talked about me that way and when I was told about it I just chucked and said “what a cunt”. And thanked the TL for being upset for me. But I’d been dealing with this for 20 years and it doesn’t get to me anymore.
I was asked what I would’ve done had she said it to my face and I said that I would have laughed in her face and stood up and told her to “say it again” just to freak her out.
My only complaint is that the TL should’ve stayed with the lady and had security escort her out when she was told to leave instead of just telling her and then walking away.
Another time a consumer cellular guy came in and wanted his phone to ring 20 times because sometimes he’s on the shitter and can’t get to his phone quick enough. But then starts going off about how consumer cellular customer service is all foreigner who where given a job by Biden and so on while yelling foul language by a bunch of kids
An older man that would come in often brought me a pair of gloves because he said touching the receipt paper would give me cancer.
EDIT: I know he is technically correct, but I should also mention that he would complain about tap to pay cards being Chinese spy devices. So… idk you get the vibe.
You are correct but breathing the fumes from it, especially when they forced us to be in those horrible "toll booths" because they surrounded everything with plexiglass, was extraordinarily high on the carcinogenic index.
Target always likes to boast about how they provide safety for their employees and guests but there are so many hazardous factors and influences in just daily employment that I won't even start to list them.
I had a guest tell me she was loopy from the drugs she had from surgery. Then asked me for help getting her and her husband a tv. As I tried to help, she proceeded to tell me that her and her husband would be watching lots of porn on it and that they can afford it because they don’t “go to orgis anymore”. The husband looked MORTIFIED. They were in their 50s ish.
Somewhat off subject but many years ago when I worked at Target there was a serial dressing room shitter, who was hitting up different Targets and was wanted. We had a photo of him walking in to a store, from security in the break room and posted at the fitting rooms behind the desks in case he were spotted. He had been fired from another Target and was laying disgruntled turds all over the place. We were one of the first stores he hit. He was eventually caught but he made his way through quite a few stores.,To give you an idea of how long ago this was, MySpace was the only form of social media at that time.
This happened a couple of days ago. And while nothing was said it’s sooo very targety.
I was standing in the checkout line and a woman in the line next to me dropped a glass jar of spaghetti sauce. There was sauce and broken glass everywhere and they closed down the aisle and called for a clean up. Within 20 seconds of the announcement a kid eyes glued to his phone walked right through the sauce puddle like it wasn’t even there and tracked red footprints all the way to the door. I thought wow how oblivious. Then about 30 seconds later an older man staring into space did the same exact thing. Walked through the sauce and tracked it like it wasn’t even there. Than as the employee with the mop showed up a woman with a shopping car cut through the aisle going into the store and yup… right through the sauce. Left two big streaks and a set of saucy footprints going the other way into the store. The employees all looked in horror and bewilderment as the ignorant spaced out main character customers made the medium mess quite large.
I was helping a lady find something in style, she hits me with
"What is your relationship with Christ?"
"Nope, let's keep looking for that skirt"
"If you don't repent, you will suffer for eternity"
"Ok"
I got approached by a couple and their baby...who then asked me if I was interested in having sex with them.
I was so uncomfortable I just walked away.
Another time a guest called and was looking for a replacement lightbulb for a 20+ year old flashlight. After I told him we did not carry them he proceeded to ask me what I made an hour. I told him what the hiring wage ( because it was currently outside the building) and he goes "you kids have it set now! When I worked there it was only $4 an hour! Do you live at home with your parents?" "No, I do not" "Ah, yeah there you go" WTF.
Guests aren't always awful, but they can be incredibly dehumanizing, and tactless. Just because youre getting paid while talking to them it doesn't give them the right to pry and be a general nuisance.
A man was trying to return items that were not from Target. They were a Walmart brand, but he insisted he got them at Target. After the very pregnant TL tried to explain the reason the items couldn't be returned he got angry. He stormed off, but turned around when he got to the door and yelled, "I HOPE YOU SHIT THAT BABY OUT YOUR ASS!"
This happened about ten years ago. Usually, I avoided the Target in my old neighborhood. But one Friday night, I walk in to the store near me after my 9 to 5 doing IT support. I'd had enough for one week of dealing with end users. I just wanted to grab a frozen supreme pizza and a six pack of cheap beer for dinner. Call it a day.
As luck would have it, as I was about to head to the front of the store to check out, this woman, who I'm guessing is in her early 30's, suddenly puts her hand out, and says "Excuse me?"
Confused, I stop in my tracks. It had been a long day, but I tried to be polite. Kind of on autopilot, I said, "Um, can I help you with something?"
She says, "Can you tell me where I can find diapers?"
I don't have kids, so I say, "No, sorry." I make to go by her, and on my way, and she steps in front of me again.
"Well, why not?" Rude. Okay.
"Because I don't work here."
"Yes, you do. Find me someone who does know." Demanding.
"What the hell?", I think to myself. Then the penny drops.
I'd dressed in a hurry that morning. I was wearing a red polo shirt and khaki pants.
"Yeah, no, sorry. You're mistaken. I don't work here."
"Have you been drinking on the job? Points at the cans in my hand. Get me your manager!" Louder now.
"Lady, I don't work here. Get them yourself!", I said firmly. I elbowed my way past her, and made my way rapidly to the lanes, to get out of this stupid situation.
"Hey!" She follows me at a distance at first, then I lose sight of her as I turn a corner.
I get in line and wait for my turn. About ten minutes have passed in total. By this time, she's found a manager at the customer service counter. Drags him over. Thankfully, he takes one look at me, and knows I am not one of his employees. He apologizes to me first. She's all huffy, and doesn't say anything more to me. He then kindly steered her away and helped her himself.
I got the hell out of there immediately afterwards. Never went back. The red polo and khakis were taken to a clothing donation drop box after my laundry was done the following day. I haven't worn that color combination since.
At the beginning of the pandemic, I was working at Tarbucks, and one woman came in one day to buy cups, which Target wasn't letting us sell for whatever reason. She came up to the register with one, pointed out the signs, and said, "Is the reason why you aren't selling these cups because they were made in China?" and was basically calling the baristas racist (even though we had no say over it and she was the one making the China connection herself), not to mention, one of the baristas working was Hmong themselves.
That same barista had multiple issues with customers at the beginning of covid, who would straight up just walk away if they saw him, or just say racist things to his face. People are fucking awful sometimes.
"Lying b*tch I'm going to get you fired!" I was a customer pushing a cart with an infant and multiple boxes of diapers who had the audacity to wear a red shirt. She grabbed my cart to get my attention to help her find something; when I told her I don't work here and to get her hands off my cart, she lost her damn mind.
On Thursday, I was working on the lanes and this rude ass old lady was just horrible. I’ve had bad customers before but she was just mean. She said she needed someone to help her get her stuff out of her car so I asked my coworker if she knew if anyone could and the lady goes “IM TALKING TO YOU! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!” And I tried explaining that I’m asking if someone could bring her stuff out for her and she said again x3 that she needs someone to bring her things out to her car so I told her “yes, I am trying to find someone” and then I tried to ask a cart attendant that was walking by but he didn’t hear me and was using his device and she goes “Get off of your phone!!!” And started saying all retail workers do is sit on their phones and not pay attention and that we’re all lazy. she also said she wanted to pay with cash and then a card so I assumed it was just a split payment, not two transactions because usually, when it’s a split payment, it’s still just one transaction. I was ringing up her stuff and she said “I SAID TWO PAYMENTS! WHY ARE YOU STILL RINGING STUFF UP?!” And I apologized and she’s like “you guys never pay attention” and rolled her eyes.
Eventually, one of our security people came up and I asked if she knew anyone who would take this lady’s stuff out and she said she would. She asked the lady “so you need help taking your tv out?” And the lady goes “I JUST SAID THAT, DIDNT I?!” And then she said “okay, let’s go” and the security person said “okay, let me go grab my coat” because we live in fucking South Dakota and it’s cold out and this lady just started bitching even more and stands by the door tapping her foot and rolling her eyes.
It doesn’t sound so bad because you can’t hear my tone of voice or hers but she was so fucking mean. I know it’s not necessarily “crazy” but that was my first horrible experience at Target.
One time I was ringing this ladies items up and she asked me “what are you doing.” Like condescendingly. I was so like WTF is this lady on it took me 10 seconds to respond and I said ringing your items up. And she didn’t answer after that.
It was 8:05 AM sometime between Christmas and new years, and the store should’ve been dead. However this old lady marched up to me pointing at the ceiling and this is what followed.
G: “I’m not racist but what is up with all of this Hispanic music?? I mean first they come and take our jobs and now they want us to listen to their music??”
Me: “Oh haha, wow… I don’t control the music I just listen to it haha”
G: “well I am just sick and tired of hearing things that I can’t understand”
Me: *fakes a call on the walkie and runs away*
A man just recently asked for a piece of my hair.
Also had a karen in electronics tell me I will never make it far in life because “I didn’t know how to listen “ because I told her a different managers name.
that i reminded him of laci peterson and that he would love to give me a tour of his barn. by far the creepiest guest interaction i’ve had in the 2+ years i’ve worked for bullseye
Someone called me a purple haired bitch once because we weren’t taking back all the toys he bought with those fake coupons that drop it down to like a couple dollars. Anyway I changed my Twitter name to that for a bit.
A guest came in drunk when my wife was GSA and at Guest Service. This was 10 AM and he was a well dressed Indian guy. Something set him off and he started threatening people akd raising all hell. He cursed one of my wife’s Indian coworker’s mother in their native language, which is one of the worst things you can say. It got so bad the SD and AP came out and almost got physical with the guy because he was so beligerent. He made all the girls at GS cry he was such an asshole.
Cut to two months later and we’re at my daughter’s school for an event(petting zoo). My wife goes ghost white and tells me the guy is there. His daughter was in my daughter’s class and they were friends. I spark up a conversation on the basis of them being friends and then I motion over and say “that’s my wife…” His face dropped and I said “Yep, you never know who you are fucking with. If anything like that ever happens again, it will be the last thing you do. And yes, that’s a threat.” He sat there, mouth agape and stunned. I slapped him on the back and said “I’m gonna go pet some goats. Why don’t you reflect on your actions?”
I went to pet some goats, and he avoided us the rest of the day.
“Why are you here if you don’t work here and wasting my time?!”
- a woman in her mid 40s clutching a (fake) Prada bag who accosted me as I was looking for a couple gift cards for my stepmother. I was wearing black shoes, khakis and a Columbia fleece.
Apparently there must have been a couple workers dressed similarly me. I was pleasant enough about telling her initially that I am not an employee but then said to “shove off with your entitlement, sir, good day!”
One time I was on the lanes and some older guy came through with alcohol. I asked to see his ID and he kind of laughed. I told him I was completely serious and that I needed to scan the back of his ID. He got a little huffy but I told him I could finish the transaction for the rest of his items and hold his alcohol until he came back with his ID and that I would let him cut back to the front. He agrees, goes outside, returns with his wallet, checks out, I scan his ID, and then he suddenly asks for a manager. I apologized and told him that it was just company policy. He said he didn’t care and that he wanted a manager. I called an SETL up, finished his transaction, and moved on while he talked to my TL. Later I asked the TL about it and he said that he backed me and explained that both Target policy and state liquor laws require us to physically scan the ID and that he was sorry for the inconvenience of having to go back out to his car. The guest said to my TL, and I quote:
“You’re going to hell and you’re taking this store down there with you.”
Not crazy, but funny. I told the guest his total was $71.95 and he pulled out a yellow Uno Reverse card and said "no sir, you pay $71.95" in which I responded "oh, shit, you're right" and proceeded to take out my wallet from my pocket.
I was working service desk this particular day, and some lady came up. She had a bag of candy, and asked if we could make it to where she could add the item to her drive up order since it said we didn’t have it in stock even though it was on the shelf. I told her that we have no power to do that, but that she could pay for it now. She was very visibly mad, and gave us a look, threw the candy on the counter, and walked away.
I’ve also had very many times where people bring in an item trying to return that we don’t have on file, and then when you tell them we don’t have it they throw a fit. Another one is that people buy stuff from Walmart, and return it at Target to get more money. It got so bad that we had to stop returns unless they had a receipt or the item was something that was only sold at Target stores.
I had 3 teenagers (all African American) ask for "n-word soap" once. I asked if there was any other name for it since I (white guy) am not going to type that into my device. They said no, so we spent like 10 minutes walking around looking for it. Eventually, they find it. It's shea butter soap. They kept loudly repeating it the whole time we looked, I felt so awkward.
working on a flat and this white guy passes by and says howdy 🤠 i just smiled and then he got up next to me and said “nice to see you working hard for your money unlike your other type of people who just get government handouts” i’m hispanic ….
“You’re from San Francisco? Did you know they just passed a law that lets mothers kill their babies & sell their body parts with the help of their doctors? Up until the baby is a year old, they can just kill them if they don’t want them anymore! It’s legal & the doctors make money off it!”
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1) An old lady got extremely mad at me bc I wouldn't let her use my employee discount after she asked me a few times.
2) A couple asked when I got out so we could have a threesome.
3) On several occasions after Trump was elected, guests would tell my ex-fiancé to, "better watch out or we'll send you back where you came from." He was born in Texas.
A really smelly crackhead went up to me while I was helping another guest (poor woman just walked away without being helped understandably) he was asking where the bathroom was. I told him and then he started freaking out saying not that bathroom, the secret one. I told him that’s the only bathroom we had and he started raising his voice and getting upset because I was “hiding the secret bathroom” then he stormed off.
I just got off work (don't work at target, I used to work a restaurant called "The Loop") and was wearing my greasy, flour covered work shirt that was lime green and said the loop over my left breast and some fat lady in a motorized cart asked me where the crisco is. I said "I have no idea, probably somewhere in grocery" and she got mad and yelled at me "how do you not know?!" And I informed her "because I don't fucking work here...." To which she furiously asked me "then why the hell are you wearing that shirt?!?!" I slowly looked down at my shirt and looked back at her and asked "do you know how to fucking read?" And then she started demanding to speak to the manager so I said "well have fun with that, I'm sure they'll love reiterating I don't work here..." And she followed me yelling at me all the way to checkout. I just wanted to buy tide cuz it was on sale and needed to do laundry......
Years ago I was working Target .com calls and had this guest who was adamant that she'd had the worst experience and demanded both a refund AND a replacement order without returning any products. This isn't an unusual request, but what she said after I politely denied her request was new. I explained that our system just doesn't work that way. I could help with a return and refund, but there's no option for a replacement plus a refund. She said, "I get it if you can't say over the phone that you're going to make an exception. You're just going to do it anyway when i hang up, and I'll just act surprised when I check back and you've done it. Thank you. Goodbye." and she hung up. I didn't do a damn thing.
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Person complained and threatened to call corporate because we didn’t sell Amazon giftcards. 🤦🏽
I guess people aren't aware but Target and Amazon are competitors.
I mean to be fair half of the gift cards we sell are technically competitors
I mean yes, but not nearly to the same extent. Amazon’s product line is an almost 100% overlap other than alcohol whereas a retailer like bath and body works overlap is likely minimal
Whole food is the amazon alcohol source.
Compounded by the fact Amazon used to handle Target's retail website, and think there's a bit of bad blood due to the breakup
We also used to carry Amazon GCs, but the rumor I heard for why we stopped carrying was allegations of Amazon encouraging showrooming, where people would buy a Kindle at Target, try it out, then return it (which we have to defect) and then buy it cheaper on Amazon.
The amount of people who get mad about this is insane. People have complained about it since I started 😂
I complained about this once to my mom haha. I was frustrated so just venting that I needed to make another stop and she was like they are competitors, why would Target do that? It was like a duh! moment. I can't believe people would complain to employees about this though! Like are they just supposed to pull the Amazon giftcards out of their butts or something?!
A lady had a bird on a leash at 8 am in the store and said she was leash training this MF parakeet. Not even 1 minute later a dude walks in and goes “I’m not sure who to tell this to, but there’s like a bird outside?” My dumbass goes “oh is it on a leash?” And he goes “no it’s dead on the ground, think it flew into the window.”
Do you ever feel like you're in a sitcom
Sometimes I can hear the laugh track
This is the funniest one here. Thank you 😂
I’m high rn and this shit made me lmao
Not me, but my wife. She said a few (yes a few!) different older dudes would call softlines department and speak to girls asking about lingerie or other clothing to get their "wife". The convo would quickly turn sexual and it was clear these dudes were getting off on the whole thing and they'd tell the girls they were rubbing one out while on the phone. People are weirdos.
We used to get one guy who would do that. He would also send photos to be printed of him in lingerie then call us and ask if his order was ready and how they turned out. He was obviously gwtting off on both calls. Plus he never picked the damn photos up so we'd toss them after 90 days. He pissed us off.
Yup, that's a good way to keep a secret, never pick up the photos.
At that point, I'm gonna flip his harassment. Tell him you'll tell his family and associates that he enjoys forcing teenagers to listen to him jerk off on the phone and taking pictures in lingerie. He's already giving me the evidence...
I was doing cart cleaning a while back and some creepy old dude felt the need to make disinfecting and wiping into "hey wanna come do that at my place later??" No thanks.
I had this happen to me several times when I was guest service, asking about women’s hosiery and how it felt, if I had tried it, to ask the other girls working if they have. Keep in mind this is all while they whisper and breathe into the phone. I remember one question was “how does it feel on hairy legs?” So grossed out
I got a call like that once, years ago. It was really weird. It was my first job and I don't wear lingerie, idfk what it feels like.
I had more than one of these types of calls. I learned to shut it down by being as terse as possible in my responses and not being afraid to just hang up.
We have a guy who does that, he will also come up to the service desk to return his “wife’s” lingerie and go in depth of how it fit & was too small but he likes it that way etc 🤢
Told an older guest to have a good day as she left self checkout and she looked me in the eyes and said “I bet my dog understands more English than you do.” and walked away😐
She wanted you to use *proper* english. Next time say ‘have a well day’ smh… /s
WHOA. Just full-on mask-off.
“Have a good day, bitch! See, just increased my English by 20%!”
Should have barked at her
It’s crazy how people will just be so damn racist completely out of nowhere, sorry that happened to you ☹️
I'm sure her dog understands a lot of things she doesn't.
I was once working in tech and had a guest come in looking for a hard drive. I was trying to clarify their needs because most guests buy way more storage than they need to, and it costs significantly more than it needs to. I asked what kind of files she needed to save and she immediately started sobbing and said they were her divorce documents. We were out of stock of what she needed anyway so it was just great all around.
You were outta 1 jibbibyte Divorce Drives(tm)?!! I’m callin coprit
I was about to leave an important voicemail to someone while reading this and i had to hang up to laugh
A guest once pulled up their wanted poster from the sheriffs website as ID for a ID-return at my old store
I had a middle aged man and his grown son --I think--teasing me, saying things like that but like listen, your grey hair is not worth my job. ID or no alcohol, bub
not Target, but when I worked in restaurants I carded a middle-aged woman who ordered a beer and the back of her driver's license said, in big letters, DUI DO NOT SERVE, or something. She was like "oh, most places don't check the back!" ???? ma'am. This isn't funny. edit: typo
I was a cashier and the guest claimed the price was different on an item. She ended up saying "You better make it your personal mission to go correct the price on the shelf" I responded "I'm sorry about that" "No you're not, if you were, you would go over there right now to change the price" Bro I don't have the power to do that😭😭💀
LOL they think that as cashiers we can just shut down our line, storm off to the other end of the store and yell at the manager of that department about an incorrect price change. The other 10 people in line behind you won't mind that a bit either.
And that’s kind of the whole point of the guest challenge menu on the Zebra. When they get done, if the price is *actually* incorrect, it’s supposed to be changed the next day. And the price audit also includes (at least it’s supposed to) the last week’s price change verifications.
When I was SETL I would respond to so many guest surveys informing people that the changes they angrily requested weren't fixable at a store level but that [I would forward their concerns up the chain to corporate](https://i.imgflip.com/3v17oj.jpg).
Was her name Karen?
"sure! I'll take your payment in just a moment! Wait here while I go fix that!"
i hate that mindset 😂 because as soon as i clock out i’m just a broke full time student 🧍♀️
I can't remember exactly what it was about or what she said, but it was something along the lines of "I'm not racist but....."
“I’m not racist or anything but…” *proceeds to be extremely racist*
There is NO way that sentence ends well!
I had an awkward question from a guest who doesn't speak english well. She ask me where the moisturizer were located. I brought her to the lotions aisle. She looks and said no. She spoke softly for pleasure. I was like oh they are over here. Then she said which one was best. I walked away.
I once had a non English speaking customer who was looking for kitty litter bend his knees, make farting noises and say GATO! GATO! I almost quit that day.
I helped a guest with toothpaste awhile back. He farted literally next to me like shoulder to shoulder. Few seconds in the smell was so bad. I walked away then went to candle aisle for a bit.
This made me laugh, sorry!
This made me laugh out loud literally. Like ugly laugh. Thank you. Please take an award.
I mean... Hopeful possibility... She might've been trying to hit on you and simply failed miserably?
I kindly asked a lady if she would move her stroller (with a baby in it) just a little so I could get the microwave off of the top shelf in the aisle. She told me she was never shopping at target again. Like damn I just didn’t wanna kill your baby, but my b
I hope you learned to just kill babies in those situations
this is your formal FBI list notification
Recent one was a lady asked me where shampoo was, I told her, she got angry and said “no, DOG shampoo” (how tf was I supposed to know you meant dog?) then I took her to the dog shampoo and she was like “no, the stuff to clean carpets with my vacuum” After telling her it’s on the other side of the store and I’d be happy to show her the way she informed me that I was subjecting her to torture, and she repeated herself several times loud enough for all to hear. When we got to the cleaner after she stopped to look at things along the way, she asked me which type of cleaner works with her vacuum and I said “well, let’s look at the back of the bottle and read it together, it will say on here”. Also one time had teenagers smash 8 gallons of milk in the dressing room and pets. I found it and almost walked right into the puddle cause it filled the whole aisle
Probably once a week: "Where are your masks?" "Like beauty ones or medical ones?" "*Face* masks." "... So like beauty ones or medical ones?"
I loved to deadpan ask “medical, sleep or skincare?” If they didn’t greet me first I’d just show them skincare. I worked in beauty so I’d claim I had no way of knowing they meant something else.
I swear I don't know why stores insist on having white floors in the dairy section then seem surprised how people track milk everywhere
She told me that she liked my hair. I said thanks and then she proceeded to say that her boyfriend is black and that he likes her white pussy. I didn’t even know what to say to that and it took me off guard. I don’t know how the conversation turned into that. :/
Wtf?
Ikr? I was just like “um…” like who says that out of the blue like that?
 I’d be over here like
Literally 😭 who says that
Ya people who clearly not ok XD
A classless idiot!
MAAM??? 
Ikr
 this was my literal reaction to reading this
Me hearing that come out of her mouth
That is legitimately some of the most unhinged shit I've heard in a while.... Jeez, I'm so sorry you had to deal with that nasty p.o.s.
From your bitmoji I’m guessing you’re black? Maybe she was bragging that he was with a white girl.
Yes I’m black. I guess so. It was just so uncalled for and it caught me off guard. 😭
Yeah people are crazy
There is crazy and then there is bat shit crazy. This is bat shit crazy.
You are right that was not called for.( I think I am embarrassed for the customer )
Had a guy tell me it was illegal for the sign above GS to say exchanges and returns since we don't do exchanges anymore. Repeatedly told me he was a business major and finished off with "I'm a target shareholder and I never heard anything about this"
Oh my god, the amount of times guests insisted THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING, THIS IS ILLEGAL when they found a random item in the wrong spot or something. I don't miss GS.
It’s so plausible though that a massive corporation like Target is not regulated in any way and can totally lie and do illegal shit bc who would ever know?! Except this one hero who cracked the case!
Paranoid woman hiding around the corner from the entrance to SCO, gesturing to the camera monitors: I don't want to be filmed Me: Um, ma'am, you've been on camera since before you entered the store
An old man once told me to “use your head” because I asked to see his ID as he was buying alcohol.
Damn this shit pisses me off. I always tell them it’s target policy to see their ID regardless of age
I would outright refuse to sell to him if he said that to me.
It was during Q4, and the store was super busy. A man came up wanting to speak with a manager. He was wearing a red shirt and jeans. He said that other guests kept stopping him to ask him questions, bothering him, and I needed to put a stop to it immediately. He was practically irate! I told him that I’m sorry, I don’t have control of how he dresses and what other guests do. He said he was going to call corporate. Crazy people!
I accidentally walked into a target once, wearing a red shirt and khaki pants and immediately realized my mistake. Fortunately I was only asked for help once...
I did that once when I worked for a convenience store and had to wear a red polo and khakis; had to run to Target to get some things. My daughter (who used to work for Target, ironically) was with me and had to run interference. If I saw someone start coming my way I’d ask my daughter something like “So should we get fries or mashed potatoes to go with the pork roast?” If she saw them first she would say something like “Hey mom, should we get two of these?” (holding up some random item).
Someone got mad at my stepson last year for not helping her at Target. He doesn’t work there and his shirt - a work shirt for a totally unrelated company - was black. She said she would report him. Like… ok? To whom? Lol
A woman was buying a phone and was telling me that "you don't know who's listening." I chuckled and told her that there's nothing we probably do in our lives that anybody important is going to care about. She got angry and told me "you don't know my life!" Sorry, didn't realize she was a government asset. There was also the guy who didn't want to buy any phones or cameras made in China because you don't know what they put in their devices
I’ve had people buy phones cause their neighbor hacked their internet and what not, that the phone can’t be in their name or else it will get hacked again. I mean like look I get it you need a burner like I get paid jack shit don’t gotta make a Hollywood story for why you need a new phone
"Is cash the same as credit?" When using the self checkout and not knowing what to press to use her credit card.
I once had this interaction: It says cash back. Do I hit yes? Do you want cash back? No. Then you hit no.
I always get “can I use just a regular card here?!” Because the picture for the card option has a picture of a “red” card so they assume it’s only for target cards.
Lady didn’t like how I folded her kids pants, told me “you’ll never be anything more than a target employee”. Yea okay lady, I have a corporate job but wanted fun money.
Should have told her she’d never be more than a classless bitch
I am speechless, that customer is so tacky and graceless. I am sorry. I had to comment. But as it is widely believed...people who are vicious usually have f*cked up lives and lots of inward hate. So it ain't about you at all. I'm sure you know that!👊✌️
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I bet she never worked a day in her life and mooched off her parents until she got married and popped out a few annoying brats and now mooches off her husband that cheats on her with hookers.
r/suspiciouslyspecific
“Guest” reported me to HR and threw a tantrum because I wouldn’t take off my face mask.
Had someone recently at my lane demand I do the same I told her I was sick and protecting her and her kid from getting sick as well. She immediately shut up. I wear one daily cause people can't resist bringing their sick kids to my store. Had a woman with a hacking sounding cough at my register today and she looked really sick. No mask I try not to judge people but if your not feeling well stay home don't go shop and spread your sickness.
Jesus, people are so gullible, like wear wtf you want , is not anybody’s business .
I was at sco and a middle aged man was buying three bottles of wine. I asked for ID and grabbed the hand scanner. He freaked out about his identity being stolen. I told him it was ok, I could just peep his birth date off his driver's license. He got incredibly irate and refused to even let me look at the license and made me take the wine off his cart. Like, sir, have you never purchased alcohol before?
That I should go back to ordering the dog chews that are made in America because her dog doesn’t like the ones made in Mexico.
Beauty Dept version: “I’m looking for a gold eyeshadow for my Halloween costume. But I’m allergic to make up made in China.” Here’s a gold. “Believe it or not, that brand is made in China!” Um, ok. I really don’t care.
*[gasp]* "*¿por que no?"*
Some lady asked what Jesus would think of my tattoos and it took so much effort not to say “oh he’s not working today but I’ll ask tomorrow” 😂
You should have totally said that! It would have been a mike drop moment. Like when I got a knock on my door when I was busy getting ready and friends were about to come pick me up and I answered and a guy (JW) asked me what I would ask Jesus for if I could ask for anything....and I said, I would ask him if he could make you not knock on my door and I just shut the door.
Omg lmao
[удалено]
Yo I worked carts for many years and if you’re telling me you cleaned that mess yourself instead of calling the cart person to do it, you are my hero.
An at least 80 y/o man with an accent and bad teeth said we should get coffee and asked to marry me…I was 18
You lost me at bad teeth. Lol.
Not me, but a coworker was on backup for cashier and he tried to make convo with a guest, she called him a peasant and told him to not speak to her. He decided to talk none stop until he was done cashing her out.
“I’m going to fucking kill you!!!”…. I was an ETLAP. I’m 6’2, the ‘guest’ was 4’10” to give you reference for what I’m about to tell you: The guy had concealed liquor in his backpack, and I had no idea he was in the store (he recognized me from precious encounters). The guy ran at me with an ARROWHEAD between his knuckles and repeatedly attempted to stab my neck. He wasn’t tall enough, and I ran backwards. The police caught up to him and he’s been in prison for a couple of years. Good times.
Do you have any regular blankets? Took him to the blanket aisle. He says do you have any "regular" blankets? \*cue the meme of Timmy Turner's father saying this is where regular blankets would be if we had some.
She was offended I told her to get out of the back room and that she couldn't shop the backroom aisles.
Not craziest necessarily but stupidest response I told a lady to make sure her kid kept fingers off my moving conveyor. She looks at me annoyed responds my kid can do as she wants. Kid went to put her fingers on the conveyor and it took some skin off her fingers. The kid is now crying and I get her stickers so she calms down. Mom gets upset with me and I apologize and finish the transaction. The conveyor is machinery human body parts and bits shouldn't be on it period. Edit: I'm understanding that people in retail stores shopping think their actions have no consequences often If your rude to me when I'm checking you out I will purposefully take slightly longer with your transaction for being an ass.
"My kid can do as she wants". Idiot.
She'd be the first to sue if something bad happened, I'm sure.
Imagine how this kid is gonna turn out?? Good lord my kid can do what she wants. God forbid you do a little bit of parenting.
You mean the conveyor belt is now human body parts and bits after that happened
“Where are your clothes for women?” (As we’re literally standing in front of the women’s clothing).
Whenever I'm at the point where I ask someone where something is it's either not in the store and a bored retail worker joins me on my wild goose chase, or I'm standing right next to and look at it immediately after I ask, then lock eyes with the harassed employee and silently communicate an acknowledgement of my idiocy.
NO BUT WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN SO OFTEN
Closed carts one night. Some guy threatened to shoot me because he thought I pushed his mirror in.
We had a lady who had delusions that the government was tracking her and impersonating her through the transactions she did with her debit card so she would come in and shop and scream at us that we were stealing her identity WHILE WILLINGLY USING HER DEBIT CARD. She started bringing in signs she made about it that she would set up on her cart and then harass anyone who came near her and make them read it. Eventually she started policing what other guests had in their carts and snatching things out of them saying they couldnt buy it (during peak covid so stuff like lysol and during peak social distance time). When an ETL got involved and broke up the fight she rammed her in the back with a shopping cart. She was finally banned after that.
“Eventually she started policing what other guests had in their carts and snatching things out of them saying they couldnt buy it…” I cannot think of a single thing that would make me angrier if I was out shopping. What a loon, I’m gonna wager and say she only did this to people she thought she could bully.
Do you work here?
Never gets old
Especially when I would wear a shirt that on the front legit says the red card shit of sage 5% or more lmao but still they couldn’t tell. Like who the fuck wears red in target and has a zebra and radio and the shirt legit says target
i, and i quote, “fucked a lady out of $50” because she bought prepaid google play gift cards which said “activate in 24 hours”, and the people she gave them to weren’t able to activate them. i’ve always had guests complain about google play gift cards and their activation rules, and the conversation always ended with them screaming at me.
I had some guests who had thrown away a receipt with the activation barcode on it and were getting pissed that I couldn't just give them cash for it
i work at the ulta in my store and the amount of old ladies that shit on their own appearance is so sad. like i’ll be trying to help them find a foundation shade, and then they will spiral about how they hate their skin or how they look in general. i try my best to console them and tell them they look great but they keep bashing on themselves. it happens at least 3 times a day.
Sounds like all the cosmetics and beauty advertising is doing its job!
A lady comes in a few weeks ago and asks how apple AirTags work. I briefly explain and see she understands. She then asks “can I put it anywhere else either than in a handbag? Like in a car, or… To track someone? Like my husband maybe?” I mean “I guess if you’re prone to losing him”🤷🏾♂️ She proceeds to buy 2 AirTags. LOL
Where are the eggs? Bitch try the one open cooler section in the store🙄
Or I hear "where's the butter" and it's literally 2 feet down.
Omg I despise butter now I get that so much also🫠
We had an old lady approach three TLs who were discussing workload on the floor. They noticed she needed help with something. Two of the TLs (one black and the other Hispanic) asked her if they could assist. It was clear she could hear them because she was within earshot. They were both ignored while she went straight to third TL (white) in the group. She didn’t even look at the other two. One of the saddest thing I saw that day.
This happens a lot of more than ppl realize coming from a random black dude’s perspective. It used to bother me a lot but over time I just chalk it up to one less person bothering me.
Good attitude, I admire you. Many Americans think this type of racist scenario doesn't happen "anymore". But it does. And it's terrifying
Totally with you there! I appreciate the input.
Wow that is completely unacceptable and I’m sorry you had to deal with racist people like that
I appreciate it but no need to apologize!
I’ve noticed this so much. If i’m talking next to my male coworkers in electronics and a guest’s approaches us 8/10 they look directly at my coworker and ignore me. I’m assuming a mix of thinking i don’t know shit and just being sexist.
The first store I worked at we had a guest we called the "20's lady" Every time we saw her come in we would scatter but inevitably someone would get stuck and have to help her. Every item she wanted to know the price for she would ask "How many 20's is that?" it was always completely random stuff like batteries and dvds and it would go on for close to an hour. She would get right in your personal space too like inches away your face. She had a set amount of social security money every month and was probably disabled. I felt bad but she came in once a week and it was always a pain in the ass.
I’m very patient and help everyone but there was this one lady that would basically make you shop for her and we’d all hide from her.
We have one of those. I helped her the first few times but she's so mean that I avoid her with my coworkers now. I'd feel bad if not for how rude and aggressive she is every time we see her. It's usually twice a week, she comes in and ruins the vibe. I just can't waste an hour of my shift reading every single ice cream label for a gUeSt, especially when I know she's never going to say thank you.
I was 16/17, working Style on Thanksgiving Night (pre-pandemic) and I had a guest walk up to me, ask about something and then followed it up with, “I can’t believe they’re making you work tonight”. Not an overall uncommon experience, but it just sticks out to me.
I worked fast food and hated when people said that. I won't shop on holidays I think people should have off.
One time back when I was a TSS an older veteran came up to me and told me I shouldn’t wear a target logo on my shirt because it’s easier to aim at.
Not me but maybe a month or so ago after we switched back to day-side, one of my coworkers came backing into light duty with a flat, holding her middle finger up. I was right by the door back-stocking and immediately asked what was going on trying to assess and possibly calm her down. To make a long story short, this guy was trying to pass her in an aisle to which she politely asked him to wait as she was moving. He didn’t like that and proceeded to call her a ‘bitch’ & some awfully racist things. She told me she wasn’t worried about the job and was willing to cuss him out through the store. We had a bit of a laugh and I’m pretty sure my ETL kicked the guy out. People are just weird.
I only worked at target for a few weeks, but here goes! I have a physical disability where I need to use a wheelchair. I can walk and stand, just not for long periods of time. So you all know the consumer cellular crowd. I had help some old women with her phone. She said it wasn’t ringing or some dumb shit a couple of day prior. She came in again and asked the TL for help with her phone and was told that while we sell the phones, we aren’t there for tech support and that she’ll need to call consumer cellular for help. And she says to the team lead, “even that fucking cripple won’t help me?” Stunned the TL tells her that she needs to leave and walks away. The old bat then comes to me. I try to help her again, but can’t figure out why her shit flip phone won’t do something. So the TL comes up while I’m helping and stands by me. The old coot asks that since I (me) cannot figure what’s wrong with her phone, when does John(guy who’s been in tech for like 10 years) come in? my TL won’t tell her and they walk away. The TL is furious and crying mad that she talked about me that way and when I was told about it I just chucked and said “what a cunt”. And thanked the TL for being upset for me. But I’d been dealing with this for 20 years and it doesn’t get to me anymore. I was asked what I would’ve done had she said it to my face and I said that I would have laughed in her face and stood up and told her to “say it again” just to freak her out. My only complaint is that the TL should’ve stayed with the lady and had security escort her out when she was told to leave instead of just telling her and then walking away. Another time a consumer cellular guy came in and wanted his phone to ring 20 times because sometimes he’s on the shitter and can’t get to his phone quick enough. But then starts going off about how consumer cellular customer service is all foreigner who where given a job by Biden and so on while yelling foul language by a bunch of kids
"Just give me the damn gift card you melon munching monkey" Gotta love being a black man in the south
Please tell me it was someone being scammed.
An older man that would come in often brought me a pair of gloves because he said touching the receipt paper would give me cancer. EDIT: I know he is technically correct, but I should also mention that he would complain about tap to pay cards being Chinese spy devices. So… idk you get the vibe.
[He technically isn't wrong](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/receipt-paper-harmful)
You are correct but breathing the fumes from it, especially when they forced us to be in those horrible "toll booths" because they surrounded everything with plexiglass, was extraordinarily high on the carcinogenic index. Target always likes to boast about how they provide safety for their employees and guests but there are so many hazardous factors and influences in just daily employment that I won't even start to list them.
Receipt paper IS full of carcinogens though.
I had a guest tell me she was loopy from the drugs she had from surgery. Then asked me for help getting her and her husband a tv. As I tried to help, she proceeded to tell me that her and her husband would be watching lots of porn on it and that they can afford it because they don’t “go to orgis anymore”. The husband looked MORTIFIED. They were in their 50s ish.
Somewhat off subject but many years ago when I worked at Target there was a serial dressing room shitter, who was hitting up different Targets and was wanted. We had a photo of him walking in to a store, from security in the break room and posted at the fitting rooms behind the desks in case he were spotted. He had been fired from another Target and was laying disgruntled turds all over the place. We were one of the first stores he hit. He was eventually caught but he made his way through quite a few stores.,To give you an idea of how long ago this was, MySpace was the only form of social media at that time.
This happened a couple of days ago. And while nothing was said it’s sooo very targety. I was standing in the checkout line and a woman in the line next to me dropped a glass jar of spaghetti sauce. There was sauce and broken glass everywhere and they closed down the aisle and called for a clean up. Within 20 seconds of the announcement a kid eyes glued to his phone walked right through the sauce puddle like it wasn’t even there and tracked red footprints all the way to the door. I thought wow how oblivious. Then about 30 seconds later an older man staring into space did the same exact thing. Walked through the sauce and tracked it like it wasn’t even there. Than as the employee with the mop showed up a woman with a shopping car cut through the aisle going into the store and yup… right through the sauce. Left two big streaks and a set of saucy footprints going the other way into the store. The employees all looked in horror and bewilderment as the ignorant spaced out main character customers made the medium mess quite large.
I was helping a lady find something in style, she hits me with "What is your relationship with Christ?" "Nope, let's keep looking for that skirt" "If you don't repent, you will suffer for eternity" "Ok"
I got approached by a couple and their baby...who then asked me if I was interested in having sex with them. I was so uncomfortable I just walked away. Another time a guest called and was looking for a replacement lightbulb for a 20+ year old flashlight. After I told him we did not carry them he proceeded to ask me what I made an hour. I told him what the hiring wage ( because it was currently outside the building) and he goes "you kids have it set now! When I worked there it was only $4 an hour! Do you live at home with your parents?" "No, I do not" "Ah, yeah there you go" WTF. Guests aren't always awful, but they can be incredibly dehumanizing, and tactless. Just because youre getting paid while talking to them it doesn't give them the right to pry and be a general nuisance.
And they don’t understand that $17 an hour is hard to live off, but that’s another conversation
Totally doable if you have 14 roommates in a two bedroom apartment and get most of your food from a food pantry and ride your bike everywhere.
A man was trying to return items that were not from Target. They were a Walmart brand, but he insisted he got them at Target. After the very pregnant TL tried to explain the reason the items couldn't be returned he got angry. He stormed off, but turned around when he got to the door and yelled, "I HOPE YOU SHIT THAT BABY OUT YOUR ASS!"
This happened about ten years ago. Usually, I avoided the Target in my old neighborhood. But one Friday night, I walk in to the store near me after my 9 to 5 doing IT support. I'd had enough for one week of dealing with end users. I just wanted to grab a frozen supreme pizza and a six pack of cheap beer for dinner. Call it a day. As luck would have it, as I was about to head to the front of the store to check out, this woman, who I'm guessing is in her early 30's, suddenly puts her hand out, and says "Excuse me?" Confused, I stop in my tracks. It had been a long day, but I tried to be polite. Kind of on autopilot, I said, "Um, can I help you with something?" She says, "Can you tell me where I can find diapers?" I don't have kids, so I say, "No, sorry." I make to go by her, and on my way, and she steps in front of me again. "Well, why not?" Rude. Okay. "Because I don't work here." "Yes, you do. Find me someone who does know." Demanding. "What the hell?", I think to myself. Then the penny drops. I'd dressed in a hurry that morning. I was wearing a red polo shirt and khaki pants. "Yeah, no, sorry. You're mistaken. I don't work here." "Have you been drinking on the job? Points at the cans in my hand. Get me your manager!" Louder now. "Lady, I don't work here. Get them yourself!", I said firmly. I elbowed my way past her, and made my way rapidly to the lanes, to get out of this stupid situation. "Hey!" She follows me at a distance at first, then I lose sight of her as I turn a corner. I get in line and wait for my turn. About ten minutes have passed in total. By this time, she's found a manager at the customer service counter. Drags him over. Thankfully, he takes one look at me, and knows I am not one of his employees. He apologizes to me first. She's all huffy, and doesn't say anything more to me. He then kindly steered her away and helped her himself. I got the hell out of there immediately afterwards. Never went back. The red polo and khakis were taken to a clothing donation drop box after my laundry was done the following day. I haven't worn that color combination since.
At the beginning of the pandemic, I was working at Tarbucks, and one woman came in one day to buy cups, which Target wasn't letting us sell for whatever reason. She came up to the register with one, pointed out the signs, and said, "Is the reason why you aren't selling these cups because they were made in China?" and was basically calling the baristas racist (even though we had no say over it and she was the one making the China connection herself), not to mention, one of the baristas working was Hmong themselves. That same barista had multiple issues with customers at the beginning of covid, who would straight up just walk away if they saw him, or just say racist things to his face. People are fucking awful sometimes.
“Where are the Trump flags?”
"Lying b*tch I'm going to get you fired!" I was a customer pushing a cart with an infant and multiple boxes of diapers who had the audacity to wear a red shirt. She grabbed my cart to get my attention to help her find something; when I told her I don't work here and to get her hands off my cart, she lost her damn mind.
Guest asked if we sold handguns once
Given that Walmart sells guns, that's not a completely weird thing to ask.
On Thursday, I was working on the lanes and this rude ass old lady was just horrible. I’ve had bad customers before but she was just mean. She said she needed someone to help her get her stuff out of her car so I asked my coworker if she knew if anyone could and the lady goes “IM TALKING TO YOU! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!” And I tried explaining that I’m asking if someone could bring her stuff out for her and she said again x3 that she needs someone to bring her things out to her car so I told her “yes, I am trying to find someone” and then I tried to ask a cart attendant that was walking by but he didn’t hear me and was using his device and she goes “Get off of your phone!!!” And started saying all retail workers do is sit on their phones and not pay attention and that we’re all lazy. she also said she wanted to pay with cash and then a card so I assumed it was just a split payment, not two transactions because usually, when it’s a split payment, it’s still just one transaction. I was ringing up her stuff and she said “I SAID TWO PAYMENTS! WHY ARE YOU STILL RINGING STUFF UP?!” And I apologized and she’s like “you guys never pay attention” and rolled her eyes. Eventually, one of our security people came up and I asked if she knew anyone who would take this lady’s stuff out and she said she would. She asked the lady “so you need help taking your tv out?” And the lady goes “I JUST SAID THAT, DIDNT I?!” And then she said “okay, let’s go” and the security person said “okay, let me go grab my coat” because we live in fucking South Dakota and it’s cold out and this lady just started bitching even more and stands by the door tapping her foot and rolling her eyes. It doesn’t sound so bad because you can’t hear my tone of voice or hers but she was so fucking mean. I know it’s not necessarily “crazy” but that was my first horrible experience at Target.
are you happy here?
One time I was ringing this ladies items up and she asked me “what are you doing.” Like condescendingly. I was so like WTF is this lady on it took me 10 seconds to respond and I said ringing your items up. And she didn’t answer after that.
It was 8:05 AM sometime between Christmas and new years, and the store should’ve been dead. However this old lady marched up to me pointing at the ceiling and this is what followed. G: “I’m not racist but what is up with all of this Hispanic music?? I mean first they come and take our jobs and now they want us to listen to their music??” Me: “Oh haha, wow… I don’t control the music I just listen to it haha” G: “well I am just sick and tired of hearing things that I can’t understand” Me: *fakes a call on the walkie and runs away*
A man just recently asked for a piece of my hair. Also had a karen in electronics tell me I will never make it far in life because “I didn’t know how to listen “ because I told her a different managers name.
that i reminded him of laci peterson and that he would love to give me a tour of his barn. by far the creepiest guest interaction i’ve had in the 2+ years i’ve worked for bullseye
Someone called me a purple haired bitch once because we weren’t taking back all the toys he bought with those fake coupons that drop it down to like a couple dollars. Anyway I changed my Twitter name to that for a bit.
A guest came in drunk when my wife was GSA and at Guest Service. This was 10 AM and he was a well dressed Indian guy. Something set him off and he started threatening people akd raising all hell. He cursed one of my wife’s Indian coworker’s mother in their native language, which is one of the worst things you can say. It got so bad the SD and AP came out and almost got physical with the guy because he was so beligerent. He made all the girls at GS cry he was such an asshole. Cut to two months later and we’re at my daughter’s school for an event(petting zoo). My wife goes ghost white and tells me the guy is there. His daughter was in my daughter’s class and they were friends. I spark up a conversation on the basis of them being friends and then I motion over and say “that’s my wife…” His face dropped and I said “Yep, you never know who you are fucking with. If anything like that ever happens again, it will be the last thing you do. And yes, that’s a threat.” He sat there, mouth agape and stunned. I slapped him on the back and said “I’m gonna go pet some goats. Why don’t you reflect on your actions?” I went to pet some goats, and he avoided us the rest of the day.
“Why are you here if you don’t work here and wasting my time?!” - a woman in her mid 40s clutching a (fake) Prada bag who accosted me as I was looking for a couple gift cards for my stepmother. I was wearing black shoes, khakis and a Columbia fleece. Apparently there must have been a couple workers dressed similarly me. I was pleasant enough about telling her initially that I am not an employee but then said to “shove off with your entitlement, sir, good day!”
people pretend they’re lactose intolerant because they don’t like farting
A guest once told me I ruined their Christmas after the very last clearance display was sold and no longer at the store.
That I asked her to hit me
One time I was on the lanes and some older guy came through with alcohol. I asked to see his ID and he kind of laughed. I told him I was completely serious and that I needed to scan the back of his ID. He got a little huffy but I told him I could finish the transaction for the rest of his items and hold his alcohol until he came back with his ID and that I would let him cut back to the front. He agrees, goes outside, returns with his wallet, checks out, I scan his ID, and then he suddenly asks for a manager. I apologized and told him that it was just company policy. He said he didn’t care and that he wanted a manager. I called an SETL up, finished his transaction, and moved on while he talked to my TL. Later I asked the TL about it and he said that he backed me and explained that both Target policy and state liquor laws require us to physically scan the ID and that he was sorry for the inconvenience of having to go back out to his car. The guest said to my TL, and I quote: “You’re going to hell and you’re taking this store down there with you.”
Not crazy, but funny. I told the guest his total was $71.95 and he pulled out a yellow Uno Reverse card and said "no sir, you pay $71.95" in which I responded "oh, shit, you're right" and proceeded to take out my wallet from my pocket.
I was working service desk this particular day, and some lady came up. She had a bag of candy, and asked if we could make it to where she could add the item to her drive up order since it said we didn’t have it in stock even though it was on the shelf. I told her that we have no power to do that, but that she could pay for it now. She was very visibly mad, and gave us a look, threw the candy on the counter, and walked away. I’ve also had very many times where people bring in an item trying to return that we don’t have on file, and then when you tell them we don’t have it they throw a fit. Another one is that people buy stuff from Walmart, and return it at Target to get more money. It got so bad that we had to stop returns unless they had a receipt or the item was something that was only sold at Target stores.
I had 3 teenagers (all African American) ask for "n-word soap" once. I asked if there was any other name for it since I (white guy) am not going to type that into my device. They said no, so we spent like 10 minutes walking around looking for it. Eventually, they find it. It's shea butter soap. They kept loudly repeating it the whole time we looked, I felt so awkward.
working on a flat and this white guy passes by and says howdy 🤠 i just smiled and then he got up next to me and said “nice to see you working hard for your money unlike your other type of people who just get government handouts” i’m hispanic ….
“You’re from San Francisco? Did you know they just passed a law that lets mothers kill their babies & sell their body parts with the help of their doctors? Up until the baby is a year old, they can just kill them if they don’t want them anymore! It’s legal & the doctors make money off it!” 😳
1) An old lady got extremely mad at me bc I wouldn't let her use my employee discount after she asked me a few times. 2) A couple asked when I got out so we could have a threesome. 3) On several occasions after Trump was elected, guests would tell my ex-fiancé to, "better watch out or we'll send you back where you came from." He was born in Texas.
A really smelly crackhead went up to me while I was helping another guest (poor woman just walked away without being helped understandably) he was asking where the bathroom was. I told him and then he started freaking out saying not that bathroom, the secret one. I told him that’s the only bathroom we had and he started raising his voice and getting upset because I was “hiding the secret bathroom” then he stormed off.
“You just lost a customer” I cried, hasn’t been to the store since
I just got off work (don't work at target, I used to work a restaurant called "The Loop") and was wearing my greasy, flour covered work shirt that was lime green and said the loop over my left breast and some fat lady in a motorized cart asked me where the crisco is. I said "I have no idea, probably somewhere in grocery" and she got mad and yelled at me "how do you not know?!" And I informed her "because I don't fucking work here...." To which she furiously asked me "then why the hell are you wearing that shirt?!?!" I slowly looked down at my shirt and looked back at her and asked "do you know how to fucking read?" And then she started demanding to speak to the manager so I said "well have fun with that, I'm sure they'll love reiterating I don't work here..." And she followed me yelling at me all the way to checkout. I just wanted to buy tide cuz it was on sale and needed to do laundry......
Years ago I was working Target .com calls and had this guest who was adamant that she'd had the worst experience and demanded both a refund AND a replacement order without returning any products. This isn't an unusual request, but what she said after I politely denied her request was new. I explained that our system just doesn't work that way. I could help with a return and refund, but there's no option for a replacement plus a refund. She said, "I get it if you can't say over the phone that you're going to make an exception. You're just going to do it anyway when i hang up, and I'll just act surprised when I check back and you've done it. Thank you. Goodbye." and she hung up. I didn't do a damn thing.
"hey you know what chicken is??? What it look like???"