Monday, September 14, 2009

Is Target the New Wal-Mart?


Correct me if I am wrong but it is my understanding that if you want to publicly discipline your children and speak profanities so that an entire store can hear you, you take your business to Wal-Mart….Not Target!!!

I was distressed after my trip to Target this weekend.

I haven’t been to Target in a very long time because my check out bill always seems to hit triple digits when I go, so you can image in my excitement to peruse the store and hit up the fall decorations and Halloween section on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

From the moment I entered, I was confronted with a crowd people who acted like they had never used a shopping cart before. After we made our way through the entrance, things were looking up and I was convinced the turbulence in the front of the store must have been some sort of paranormal misshapen. BUT…that is when I was awoken from my “Target=Happy Place” mode and heard the screams of misbehaving children and their angry mother yelling and cursing at them. (Wal-Mart behavior)

I continued throughout the store a bit annoyed by all the noise pollution. But there were dozens of screaming parent and their twerppy kids making a ruckus. Also, there were several loud cell phone talkers who forgot that not only can the people on the other end of the line hear your use of profane language, but so can the people around you in the store. RUDE.
How dare these people rain on my Target parade?

I love walking the aisles of Target, looking at all of the housewares and miscellaneous kitchen items and enjoying a good clearance rack. I can enjoy my Starbucks and shop for the things I need – and don’t need – in a warm and welcoming environment.

The behavior of my weekend trip is not the behavior of true Target shoppers. Target shoppers are kind and polite. They move their cart to the side if you are trying to pass them in an aisle.
They are kind parents who have behaved children.

And now….all of these inconsiderate and unappreciative patrons are ruining it! So I ask the inconsiderate, unappreciative non-Target shoppers, to either adapt their former Wal-Mart behavior to the non verbal code of Target shoppers so we can all enjoy our shopping experience.

Or…go back to Wal-Mart!

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