Old Blog Entry: 8/11/2002 10:27:51 PM
It’s over! It’s COMPLETELY over! My life at Target is OVER!! WOOO HOO! Let freedom ring!
Yeah, I’m pretty happy that I’m done with Target FOREVER! I did, however, figure out why my boss was so eager to not have me quit Target! She forced me into a leave of absence… why? I realized I have about 20 hours of paid vacation… and if i quit, I get paid for those hours! So that’s like a whole ‘nother paycheck for not even working! I’m going to call tomorrow and force her to make me quit.
No more khakis… no more red shirts.. no more bullseyes… no more french accents… no more snobby attitudes… it’s all over! YEA!!! Nearly 2 years later…
So after working for so long at the nation’s number 3 discount chain, you’d think I’d be able to learn something from it, right? RIGHT! Many different people (guests) enter Target everyday… and they all have different attitudes and personalities! I’m going to try to summarize them all right now…
The many different Target guest personalities:
1. The “you’re so cool” type: these guests will laugh and smile at whatever you say. ie. “Would you like your milk in a bag?” .. their response.. “hahahahah! you’re so funny!” These people are OVERLY friendly and get on my nerves very quickly.
2. The “I hate you and this store and life” type: these guests will not be satisfied by anything you do… NOTHING! Even if you wrapped every single item in tissue paper and placed them in individual bags… and then gift-wrapped those bags! They’d still be unhappy and dissatisfied with the Target-friendly experience.
3. The “please help - I’m clueless” type: these people act like its their first time shopping PERIOD! They find it completely absurd that they have to unload their groceries ONTO THE BELT and then load them back into their cart BY THEMSELVES! They question what to do with a credit card and generally act confused.
4. The “it’s ALL your fault” type: these guests generally reveal themselves after a check has bounced or a credit card has been declined. They blame YOU for not having enough money in their bank accounts, or for spending too much than they had originally anticipated. These people also annoy me a lot… one word.. PalmPilot… or at least Quicken… or maybe even a balance book!
5. The “down to Earth” type: these are my favorite guests and also my regular guests. They don’t act overly friendly or overly rude… they just act themselves… they talk on their cell phones, carry on conversations with their family members, or even have a little chat with you the cashier. They don’t try to impress you… they’re wonderful and I love these guests!
6. The “I’m too good for you” type: these people won’t reply to anything you say… ie.. “Hi.. how are you doing?” .. guest’s response *NOTHING* … even if you try later, they will completely ignore you. Nothing you do will change it.
7. The “I love AOL” type: these guests love to grab a bunch of Free AOL CDs and use them as coasters in their house.
8. The “I love The Price is Right” type: these guests love to get into guessing matches with you about who will guess the closest to the actual total amount of their purchases, without going over… it’s quite entertaining!
9. The “I love shopping here but WalMart has better prices” type: these guests will have an ad to PRICE MATCH EVERY SINGLE ITEM… even if the price match is 10 cents less… it makes a simple 50-item purchase take approx. 15 minutes instead of 3 minutes or so.
10. The “TARGET IS HEAVEN” type: these people are like addicted to Target and come to just enjoy the atmosphere. I worry about these people. However, they usually do walk out with at least $100 purchases …. usually they come in to buy one item…..
11. The “Here’s my phone number .. call me!” type: it’s always cool getting a phone number from a girl…. : ) … lol jk jk! Although I have received phone numbers from people before… for a job or something… uggh
Well, there ya go! I’m glad Target is over… My co-workers were really cool.. but my boss was just getting more and more annoying… she gave me a lecture today for “price matching” too much…
I’ll talk to y’all later! It’s party time! : )
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