Closing Bell: FIPS Goes Undercover
FIPS goes undercover for a four-part series to expose the Target in the Atlantic Center Mall (or also known as “The Seventh Level of Hell”). What is your experience with the store?
FIPS goes undercover for a four-part series to expose the Target in the Atlantic Center Mall (or also known as “The Seventh Level of Hell”). What is your experience with the store?
this video is so hysterical, and right on!
i live 1 block from target, and i will only go in there if i have an emergency. the place is a DISGRACE; the shelves are ALWAYS empty.
and the service is pathetic. anyone that says “what do you expect from a neighborhood city store” in my opinion is a racist; there is a subtle undertone that black folk have lower expectations than others. this is such BS.or if you are black and beleive that, then you have unfortunately bought into the idea that black people dont expect the same level of service as white people do.
TARGET, as a major retailer, should not lower its standards because the store might attract a significant number of lower income buyers.
Shame on you Target; I hope someone sent this video to them.
duvet covers. really now. duvet covers.
you have to be pouring poop on my head. i mean can you come up with a more obscure item to ask for at a target store located in a urban center? for f—sake!
only white people will think of this and think they’re clever for video taping it.
and who really cares if the shelves are bare at target? it’s not like it’s the only place in a five mile radius to shop at.
effed in park slope – – pleeeeeeese! two things: you need to recognize you’re lucky to have the money to live there in park slope and know what a duvet is and secondly you ought to be effed for trying to shame others for not being as privileged as yourselves.
All I have to say is… never, ever go on a weekday around 3-4pm. Not only are the shelves empty and employees rude, but you also have to contend with the multitudes of rowdy teenagers hitting the Starbucks inside the Target store. The few workers who are actually helpful are stuck dealing with the kids crowding the entrance/ exit, so you’re really sh** out of luck if you’re looking for some help.
zing!
Targhetto.
If I were Target I’d be seriously embarassed and praying that this doesn’t find it’s way to network news.
Northsloperenter-
Try 1800diapers.com. Their prices are very competitive with Target and even better, they ship free with an order over $50. I usually buy 2 boxes a month. Their warehouse is in NJ so the shipping is usually next day.
Have to be home to get the UPS box but it saves me a trip to Target, for which I am very happy.
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I respectfully disagree. Back in the day I used to work for a national retail clothing chain. I started out as a cashier and because I actually gave a hoot I was promoted to front end manager, then asst. store manager, store manager and then regional manager within a 3 year time frame. At the age of 25.
If you show a modicum of interest and a blip of intellect you can work your way up the food chain. When I had a manager who didn’t care I went above and beyond and if they didn’t respond to I went to their managers.
These store are desperate for people who actually want to succeed. Show me a floor person who keeps their shelves full, clothes folded and in order and I’d promote them.
You get back what you put in.
I missed where rob supposedly made a racist remark- and I am never one to miss that! Think you owe him an apology, Janice.
U confess to a secret lust for Target. Not the one in the Atlantic Mall but when you need to feed your addiction, in a pinch it works 🙂
Maybe it’s just NYC, but when I go to a shop outside the area, people seem to be more friendly. But I’ve worked in retail also- if management doesn’t properly train the employees, they won’t know what’s expected of them. On the other hand, customers can really be nightmares. I don’t think its just younger people- rudeness runs across all generations.