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Re: about Target
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Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:33:53 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders writes:
> I've scored some pretty good hauls lately at Target, nothing more than 50% off,
> but something happened last night I want to mention ...
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> Scene: /me standing in the doorway of a Target looking at my truck about 150 ft
> away. Seperated from the truck by a driving rain storm.
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> Target checkout lady [peeking head thru doorway]: Hey, would you like an
> umbrella ?
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> Me: Huh ?
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> Target checkout lady: Oh, we have lots, people forget them in thier carts all
> the time.
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> Me: Wow, thanks.
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> That was cool. A little touch that a Target would do, but I can't see a WalMart
> ever doing something like that. I'm even iffy on a K-Mart doing that.
I'd be interested in knowing what part of the country you're posting from
with this story.* I wouldn't expect that kind of service here in Richmond,
Virginia from any of the three stores you mentioned. K-Mart would most
definitely be the least likely to be the stage for a scene like this. Our
K-Mart's are like third world marketplaces staffed by miscreants and
malcontents. At one where I asked for assistance in getting some LEGO sets
down from a high shelf, the employee kept insisting that all the sets were
the same and practically refused to pull down the one I kept pointing to
(this was during the days of the orange colored Fright Knight sets). Upon
finally retreiving the set I told the employee I really appreciated their
help. The response I received - "No you don't."
Ongoing business reports since before the Holidays have been prediciting
bankruptcy for K-Mart. Couldn't happen to a more deserving retailer in my
experience and opinion.
It's then a toss-up between Wal-mart and Target as to who among those two
provides the marginally better but still ridiculously poor customer service.
I'll have to vote for Target I guess because I end up actually buying less
there which means less time in line, less screw-ups by bumbling cashiers and
all around less irritation. I guess that puts Wal-Mart as second-worst,
just above K-Mart.
My favorite thing about Wal-Mart: Standing in those never-ending lines
staring up at the sign suspended from the ceiling that proudly proclaims,
"Speedy Checkout Guaranteed!"
So, I guess if a scene like the one described about the rain/umbrella was to
happen, it would most likely happen at a Target here in Richmond. But I
ain't holding my breath.
Sorry to turn your rave into a rant.
Greg
*Am I the only one who wishes more folks would identify where they're
posting from as a general rule of netiquette? Maybe I'm just oddly curious
about these things. Or could that be curiously odd? Hmmm...
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| (...) Yes!! You don't know that we are all e-mailing from Pakistan and wish to remain anonymous!?! I think you are just a wee bit set upon by those cretenous bludgerheads out in the Virginia shopping lanes, mostly a top down problem. Perhaps you (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I have to say that Target is the only place where I would expect that to happen. My experiences with Target are almost always pleasurable. Even this weekend, heading up to the checkouts with a cart full of 50% LEGO, a cashier meets us in the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I've scored some pretty good hauls lately at Target, nothing more than 50% off, but something happened last night I want to mention ... Scene: /me standing in the doorway of a Target looking at my truck about 150 ft away. Seperated from the truck by (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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