Subject:
|
Re: about Target
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.market.shopping
|
Date:
|
Mon, 14 Jan 2002 05:35:08 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
230 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.market.shopping, Greg Perry writes:
> 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 ...
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Target checkout lady [peeking head thru doorway]: Hey, would you like an
> > umbrella ?
> >
> > Me: Huh ?
> >
> > Target checkout lady: Oh, we have lots, people forget them in thier carts all
> > the time.
> >
> > Me: Wow, thanks.
> >
> > 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...
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 should try shopping in a different zip code and see
how things change. Let me tell you in 37363 people are a LOT more friendly
and helpful in the stores than the general pop. of 92505. OF COURSE, there
are exeptions to each trend, but my ratings are #1 Target, #2 Wal-Mart, #3
Toys R Us, #4 K-Mart.
-Aaron-
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: about Target
|
| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
8 Messages in This Thread:
 
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
