I once had a lady smear product all over the stall in the women's restroom.
I have seen more poop on the walls and floor than I can ever remember.
I have seen more poop on the walls and floor than I can ever remember.
"Prime Told Me There Would Be Days Like This!"
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Kaon
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Tomorrow I get up at 4am and yet, I am still awake. I know tomorrow is going to be a day.
Bet, I think I've let this thread stay dead long enough (mainly because procrastination lmao)
So, yet another story from my Target days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights were always a peak for teenage shenanigans, there were some funny moments and some cringe but overall sometimes I do miss it, mainly because of the creativity of these kids. This group is not one that I would give any accolades.
From the moment this group walked in the store, they were in trouble. They started messing with carts, climbing in and ******* around with them, when I kindly reminded them that guests are not allowed to ride in the carts (this will be important later) a few moments later I'm back in my department doing my returns when the same group takes my cart and yeets the thing across the store (they were pissy at me for telling them to not act like children, go figure), nearly hitting a lady and her kids. At this point I'm livid and I scream at these kids to get the hell out. My manager for the night was nearby watching them, joins me in escorting them out of the building. Of the group of four, two of them ran like the dickens away from the group. As my manager and I are escorting two of them out one of them starts cussing at us with (and I quote) "come on racial slur we didn't do anything wrong" at that point my manager and I collectively started ripping into him for using slurs in a family friendly store (it did not apply to either of us, but that language is not tolerable, period). At this point, a third one rejoined the group because the idiot stumbled into us.
We get to the front door and my manager watches them walk out, he stayed up there for a few minutes as they left and I went back to my work. I saw the last one quietly sneak out (I would see him again on later occasions but never with the same group, glad the kid made better choices for friends). After about five minutes, when I am returning my empty returns bin, I see a property security vehicle and a police squad car in the parking lot, both with flashers on, having pulled over a sedan. My car attendant who I am good friends with (we speak every time I shop there, even over a year after I quit), informed me that the group of kids we just kicked out got in that car and were instantly pulled over. I don't know what happened afterward but I imagine some parents were very angry with their kids.
I should probably mention that in the five or so minutes between them entering the store and me kicking them out, they managed to:
Attempt ******* around riding in carts (which I ******* hate)
Ruin our softlines zone (which is a bitch to make look nice)
Nearly knockout multiple ceiling tiles with balls from sporting goods
I've seen some weird jive in my day, but this is by far the worst group of teenagers I've ever encountered.
Next Story: Mannequin Condoms or Cart Jousting?
You have to wonder what they did to get pulled over before they even made it out of the parking lot.
I worked at Target for 16 years, I've got stories, as long-time Mayhemers will attest. Let's start with one of my favorites.
So this was way back on my second or third year. Early November, they round everyone up for a big speech about how they need all hands on deck for Black Friday, so everyone will be scheduled, no excuses. I raise my hand in front of the entire store and declare that I'm only showing up if I can wear chain mail and carry an axe. Gets a good laugh.
The next day, the HR guy finds me in the break room.
Him: "What's that you're working on?"
Me: "My chain mail."
Him: "That's not....real, is it?"
Me: "Thirty pounds of stainless steel rings, still only about a third done. Go ahead, try to pick it up."
It must be noted at this point that the HR guy was a scrawny, weasel-faced little shitbag. You all know the type. He tried to pick it up. I thought his eyes were gonna pop out of his head. Then I showed him the big bag of rings still to be added and assured him it was even heavier. Then I showed him a patch job where a friend who was in the Navy had hung it on a tree and shot it with a 9 mm. It broke one ring and dented two more.
Then I told him that I left the axe at home today for easier travel, but I assured him it was ready. (And yes, I own a couple of axes.) Oh, what date was Black Friday again?
Never forced to work another Black Friday for the rest of my tenure.
So this was way back on my second or third year. Early November, they round everyone up for a big speech about how they need all hands on deck for Black Friday, so everyone will be scheduled, no excuses. I raise my hand in front of the entire store and declare that I'm only showing up if I can wear chain mail and carry an axe. Gets a good laugh.
The next day, the HR guy finds me in the break room.
Him: "What's that you're working on?"
Me: "My chain mail."
Him: "That's not....real, is it?"
Me: "Thirty pounds of stainless steel rings, still only about a third done. Go ahead, try to pick it up."
It must be noted at this point that the HR guy was a scrawny, weasel-faced little shitbag. You all know the type. He tried to pick it up. I thought his eyes were gonna pop out of his head. Then I showed him the big bag of rings still to be added and assured him it was even heavier. Then I showed him a patch job where a friend who was in the Navy had hung it on a tree and shot it with a 9 mm. It broke one ring and dented two more.
Then I told him that I left the axe at home today for easier travel, but I assured him it was ready. (And yes, I own a couple of axes.) Oh, what date was Black Friday again?
Never forced to work another Black Friday for the rest of my tenure.
That is ******* genius, god I wish I thought of doing something like that.
Good choice,
Back during my waning days at Target, we had this secondary group of kids (teenagers travel in packs), they would always be in around Friday / Saturday night, they would do the usual things, mess with zones, play music on the speakers, hell one time I had to kick them out for pulling up pornhub on the tablets in electronics and playing adult films over the loudspeakers. Well, this group of kids got a bit more creative after that instance.
I'm doing my freight, trying to get everything in order for the next day and the main kid in this group pulls a condom out of his jacket and offers it to me, I just said no thanks and didn't think more into it (I tend to do this in retail, I'd rather not deal with whatever the hug is going on there), as we end the night there are three remaining employees, myself, the closing manager and another night person. We would regularly stay late to finish stuff up and get some extra hours in (mind you, I was only able to work 30 a week due to school), well we get to the softlines area of the store. Every. Single. Mannequin. had condoms in their hands. They weren't open, but every single one of them had them placed perfectly balanced in their hands. I'll be honest, we laughed our asses off. I finally made the connection as to how they got there and honestly, if I had ever seen that group of kids again, I'd thank them for the laugh. Shortly after Covid hit and we never saw them again, but I tell ya, that's the funniest teenager shenanigan I've ever seen.
I've seen one like that, but it wasn't Pornhub. There was this kid who stealthy replaced the wallpaper on every single computer with stock photos of toilets.
Nothing gross. Just stock photos of toilets.
At K-mart back about 2k, I was in the Toy Department and got flagged down to help a lady with a question. She wanted to know the price of an N-sync 'karioke set' (glorified boom box). I take it off the shelf, walk the 10 feet to the price scanner, scan it, and come back to her to relay the information.
"Are you sure?"
Turns out that she believed that this boom box should be on sale. We did have a 25% off sale on Board Games, and she insisted that because this was in the same aisle it should also be on sale. I tried to convince this woman how it didn't work that way for at least 10 minutes until she asked for a Manager. Called up the Department head, and it started again. 20 minutes later he offered her 15% off (likely to get rid of her). She harrumphed, took the boom-box, and headed to check out.
About 10 minutes later I get called up front for returns. Take a lucky guess what was in the cart? Yeah... she started it up again at the checkout, trying to squeeze that last 10% off the price... and when they wouldn't budge, she just left it.
Might have been a waste of an hour of working, but at least she did not get anything out of it.
"Are you sure?"
Turns out that she believed that this boom box should be on sale. We did have a 25% off sale on Board Games, and she insisted that because this was in the same aisle it should also be on sale. I tried to convince this woman how it didn't work that way for at least 10 minutes until she asked for a Manager. Called up the Department head, and it started again. 20 minutes later he offered her 15% off (likely to get rid of her). She harrumphed, took the boom-box, and headed to check out.
About 10 minutes later I get called up front for returns. Take a lucky guess what was in the cart? Yeah... she started it up again at the checkout, trying to squeeze that last 10% off the price... and when they wouldn't budge, she just left it.
Might have been a waste of an hour of working, but at least she did not get anything out of it.
That's not vandalism, it's art.
Entitled people, what a ******* moron!
Kaon
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This gives me a headache. I would not have given her a discount at all lol.
What's it like to see a manager even try to actually stand up to a Karen? It must be fascinating.
In this instance it was disappointing. Would have loved to have seen him lay the law down, but instead he caved to just get rid of her.
Another instance though...
Current Job, like 08ish or so. I was bagging groceries at the front registers when one cashier coughed... causing this Grumpy old codger in the OTHER checkout began to chew this kid out for coughing... providing such a distraction that his own cashier accidentally punched up his watermelon to cost $90. Naturally, this didn't sit well for him. He started in on him as if he'd just committed a cardinal sin... despite the kid already apologizing and the error being fixed. Claimed he was never going to shop at the store again.
He was back next week.
This time, a good friend of mine had the misfortune of checking him out. He proceeded to start screaming at her for sneezing. It was so bad that she ran to the breakroom crying. At this point the Overnight front-end Manager got involved., where she proceeded to take over for the Cashier, finished checking him out, and told him in no uncertain terms that he was no longer welcome in this store. Never came back.
Now I never have liked her, and from the way she acts towards me the feeling is apparently mutual. When I would bag for her she'd never pass the groceries all the way down, letting it goose-neck before shoving them down on me, would complain when I went to get a cart because she never told the folks to bring their down to me... I've even heard her curse at me under her breath for getting price checks. But despite all this I have the utmost respect for what she did here.