Stopped at Target to look for some shoes.

  • @[email protected]
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    841 year ago

    Is this only an American thing ? I don’t think I’ve ever seen something like this in the European countries I’ve been in

      • Carighan Maconar
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        161 year ago

        That is true, UK super- and hypermarkets were like this when I went to some of them. The attitude of customers is just weird.

      • @Zeth0s
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        51 year ago

        I still have ptsd from some primark shops in uk…

        Scenes I saw are now how I picture the locust plague.

        How can some people be so unaware of basic society rules?

      • rubikcuber
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        11 year ago

        I’ve never been into a Primark, but this looks very much like TK Maxx (which is what TJ Maxx is called here in the UK).

    • @dingus
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      131 year ago

      I’m American and I’ve never seen this in a Target ever. They must be severely understaffed at this location.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Right, the Targets where I live are pretty clean and maintained but other stores however, tend to look like the photo in OP. Like Forever 21 and Ross always look like a fucking mess.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      71 year ago

      It’s not an “American” thing. There are zero stores like this where I live. It’s a “wherever this store is” thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      I raise my hand- I’ve seen similar in Australia’s Targets and Kmarts, though I must admit that was years ago. I haven’t seen this much mess in yhe shoe section over the past couple years but I also haven’t been shopping for shoes there lately, so all I’m saying is it can happen here too.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Can confirm, did a mandatory highschool weeks work experience in kmart a few years back - was the only person who cared to clean up the shoes.

        Nowadays the shoe section is clean af. However I dont necessarily think it’s due to the workers - more likely less customers shopping for shoes offline.

        I don’t generally buy shoes from those stores anyway anymore, I have very small feet so the selection sucks, but also none of the shoes last very long. Id rather spend $100 on shoes that last rather then $25-35 on shoes that fall to pieces after a month or two of use.

        But when I do shop for shoes in these stores, I make a point to put the rejects back where they are supposed to go. That one week burned into my brain how painful it is to put away a mountain of shoes that people just tossed aside. So I’ll do my part to not be apart of the problem, and to make it easier for our poor retail workers.

    • @espentan
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      61 year ago

      Me neither, nor do I ever think I’ve been to a shoe store that keeps boxes of shoes on the shelves like that. I’m used to display models; find something you like, then you ask an assistant what sizes you’d like to try on.

        • RaivoKulli
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          21 year ago

          I was in InterSport yesterday during their sale and some boxes were on the ground. But employees put them back into their correct places

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      In general, I feel l like Europeans experience a healthy amount of shame in situations like these, like USians completely lack.

      I’d lie awake at night for the rest of my life because of the shame I’d feel knowing I left something behind looking as trashed as that.