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Okay, I work for Target for 2yrs, I have learning disablities. I don't know what a product does, if its good, or which is better when comparing the two. All I know about video games and stationary which is home office, party suppiles, arts n crafts ect.

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To people who go to Target or regular shoppers. WE have signs, like A11, B15, C5, E14, ect. They are not hanging from the ceilings. They are on a sidecap of an aisle. We have ceiling signs that says grocery, pharmacy, bedding, ect.

Another thing I CAN'T stand is... "do you work here?" Well If I'm wearing a red shirt, beige pants, a PDA, and walkie. Then yes. Why would a Guest be carrying expensive gear from this store???

And... "Well I saw it on your website." Honey, we don't carry everything, about 60-70% of the items online, we don't carry. We are a small store in Massachusetts AND this building use to be Bradles back in the 90s. So next time, either use your house PC or ours at Guest Services, print of an item you want, make sure you see a DPCI number, its a 9 digit number, not the UPC. Because OUR PDA machines will tell us either its location, online only, or item not on file, in otherwords we dont carry it. Also, our backroom is small! We only carry Entertainments, HBA, Market, Mops/brooms, cleaning supplies, furniture, diapers, and somtimes seasonal, depends what it is. Other stuff if you want to know about C, D, F, G, if its on the shelf, its not in the backroom. So with the PDA, we will do a backroom scan and if a number under 500 comes up, we have it, if its over 500 its in the warehouse...meaning a guest request, or when it says NO LOCATION meaning sold out. OR check another Target store....

Done ranting, hard to type with boyfriend talking, making me lose my train of thought lol.

Yeah, they get mad, when they were looking for something on sale, turns out to be sold out. Then they ask us when they are gonna restock on it. Ask for a raincheck (seaonal merchandise or limit quanity on a product = no raincheck) because we can't guarentee we will have it in stock. And also the team leaders/lods (managers) tell us to tell them. "We get shipments throughout the day and 2-3 trucks of stuff for the overnight, but we don't know what they put in the boxes...Either get a raincheck, check back this week before the sale ends, by calling or come to our store...Or check another Target store))

I know what you mean, I work at Target also, out here in Fairfield. "Guests" can be so annoying sometimes. I get the same thing, I'm over here doing reshop and zoning and someone will come up to me and ask if I work there. Oh the number of times I wanted to answer, "No I only put stuff back and straighten things out for fun. >_< Argh, I'm cranky. Had ad set this morning and oh I'm tired. I'll end this rant and rave now only to continue it another day >_<

I can relate to a lot of those rants. I've worked in a large grocery store for about 10 years now and have dealt with a LOT of stupid customers. Mostly it's stuff like "where is the cereal"? "Well, I don't know... how about the aisle with the big sign over it that says "cereal", maybe..." OR the parents who assume that we are there to babysit their "darling little angels" for them. They set their monsters loose to rampage through the store while they shop, and then are insulted when we ask them to keep the kids with them, and/or to pay for the stuff the kids ripped open/knocked down, etc. GRRRRR!!!!!

I hate customer service/retail jobs *shakes fist* I work at Party City, if you havent heard of it, its basically a discount party store and seasonal store. I absolutly hate my job.

Customers do the same thing to me "Do you work here?" No I dont work here I dressed like this for shits and giggles and wear a name tag just because all the cool people do it. People irritate me. I also love it when I'm dragging a ladder around the store (cause I cant really carry the huge ones we have) or I'm on the ladder doing something else like putting up top stock and people come over and go "Since your on that ladder could you come get something down for me?" Or ask me question while i'm on the ladder that requires me to climb down it and walk half way across the store to help them find something or whatever. BLARG!

I also love it when little kids have to play with every toy in the store, put thier mouth on every toy and make as much noise as possible and the parents dont even care! Most of the time they're not even paying attention. Control your monster! There was one kid awhile back who was throwing a temper tantrum so the mom picked the kid up and put him on the balloon counter and the kid started dancing around. Well he was holding a tube of mini M and M's and in all his dancing and whining glory he threw the m and m's all over the damn place. The mom simply placed him on the floor and then he proceeded to EAT yes he ATE the m and m's off the floor! Oh oh my favorite is when one kid licked the window, smeared it all over the place and the mom didnt even pay attention!

One years ago or two years ago...I'm not sure if it was xmas, halloween, v-day. or easter. In the candy mini seasonal. Grown men, would see stray candies...or m&ms, pick it off the floor, eat it...or collect hersey kisses off the floor and put in their pockets D:

Yeah, I hate when they do that. Or when they say we carry it, they been to the store before (were a small store) and doesn't helps us where they saw it last or what brand it was. DD: