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02-26-2021, 03:57 PM
BeachheadMatt
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backhawkdown
But what’s the likelihood that Target employees are initiating confrontations with collectors and making ridiculous demands of the collectors when the employees don’t get what they want?
LOL. Na, that's not what I meant. I just meant they're being assholes also...but in different ways.
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Originally Posted by
Jmacq1
Target's laughing at a tiny minority of their customers who make a tiny minority of their market share. A tiny minority of their customers who are making outsized demands of their employees. (Allow me to drop the #NotAllCollectors here so people don't get all upset that they think I'm talking about all of us as opposed to a troublesome segment of us).
And if you want to play the "cuts both ways" card, I've seen the way some folks on these forums and others talk about retail employees, so that's a whole lot like the pot calling the kettle black.
The bottom line is: Don't be a jerk to retail employees, especially over things those particular employees have no control over. And even if they DO have control over it, you'll have a lot more success being polite than trying to browbeat them into doing what you want. The customer is NOT always right.
I will add, it is PERFECTLY legit to be upset with Target if you had a preorder cancelled or similar such experiences. Lord knows I was not thrilled about having my Vipers cancelled two days ago, but that's an issue with Target at echelons WAY above anybody wearing a red polo in the toy aisle, or much less across the aisle in electronics or sporting goods.
Just to clarify, I'm in no way advocating that customers should go into stores and be rude and disrespectful to employees.
Also, you assume that they're only laughing at collectors. I was just making the overall point that treating your customers poorly will eventually come back and bite you in the ass. Eventually, you reap what you sow.
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