Originally Posted By RoadTrip I can't believe someone at Target didn't pull the plug on this distasteful survey BEFORE it was sent out. What WERE they thinking? <<Target pulls plug on psych survey For some customers, the retailer's questions were a little too personal for comfort. By Doris Hajewski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Last update: June 11, 2007 – 9:45 PM Target Corp. has canceled a survey that may have been aimed at comparing the psyches of its customers to Wal-Mart shoppers. The e-mail survey, which hit Target customers' computers on Friday, asked questions such as whether they feared that their lovers might leave them and whether, if they disappeared from the face of the Earth, anyone would notice.>> Complete Article: <a href="http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1239851.html" target="_blank">http://www.startribune.com/535 /story/1239851.html</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Maybe the person responsible received some compensation from WalMart.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Whaa?????? Holy cow. I worked there in their security department from mid-1994 to mid-2000 while I went to law school. I hated it. Loathed it. Despised it. It made me physically ill to work there. Their management staff at all levels has undergone massive changes from what I understand. They were so shareholder driven it wasn't funny. We'd joke we don't really need management because they were programmed to react to whatever Wal-Mart did. I can't imagine when something like this became a good idea.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder By the way, the story goes that Target licensed the whole "guest service" concept from Disney. Customers were "guests", stock areas were "back stage", the sales floor was "on stage" the guest was always right, no one could ever say no to a guest, even on questionable returns, store managers are Store Team Leaders, etc. Blecch.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Sorry about that, I was testing Safari for Windows, and I guess it doesn't work well with LP. BTW, Store managers are called Head Coaches (to finish my last post)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Holy cow. I worked there in their security department from mid-1994 to mid-2000 while I went to law school. I hated it. Loathed it. Despised it. It made me physically ill to work there.>> That does not surprise me one little bit. A friend of mine also worked Target Security. Worked Target Security in a small town where that was the absolute highest paying job she could ever hope to have. She loathed it. She could not stand doing what she had to do to work there. So even though she knew she could never replace the income, she quit her job after she had been there just over a year. So if folks want to dump on Wal-Mart and how they treat their employees that is fine with me. But if anyone thinks Target is substantially better they have their head up their Graves.
Originally Posted By DAR But storewise Target is just a better store than Wal-Mart. They're cleaner, better run, the employees are friendlier(the one I frequent) Target has a better selection of items. Give me Target anyday of the week.
Originally Posted By jonvn I think that target is a bit nicer than walmart, but they are very similar companies. Walmart is just bigger. It also depends on what target you go to. Some are much nicer than others.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Target is my choice for the big box stores. I find them to be cleaner and nicer than Wal-Mart. The ones I've visited have always been crappy. Like an analyst on TV once said 'Shopping at Wal-Mart makes you feel like you're poor.' Which I completely agree with. I'm not working at either of them, so I don't take that into consideration. Where are the really great security jobs in America?
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden I can't speak for the working environment, but as a consumer, I'll take Target any day over Walmart. The one in my town and one across from my office are bright, clean, and pleasant to be in. I don't have to navigate around pallets of crap and their merchandise is displayed in an orderly fashion. Their summer toys and outdoor living merchandise are great. And the kids love Target hot dogs. Admittedly, they're not bad. Walmart is dark, drab, depressing, and makes me feel like I've just waded in a cesspool of filth.
Originally Posted By jonvn What about KMart? Where do they rate? They seem pretty grimy, too. I do agree about walmart. They seem just dirty. And since KMart bought Sears, Sears has gone really downhill as well.
Originally Posted By DAR I think there's one Kmart by me but I haven't been there in years. The Sears by me is still kept up pretty well.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>And since KMart bought Sears, Sears has gone really downhill as well.<<< I'm not absolutely sure about this but isn't that the other way around? Didn't Sears buy K-Mart?
Originally Posted By dsnykid YI think you're right Goofy, Sears bought Kmart.. I remember almost all the Kmarts in Dallas being closed and then hearing about a Sears buyout. I Love Target, much prefer it to WalMart and now that I'm back in Canada, I make it a point to visit Targets for shopping every time I'm back in the states
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I certainly prefer shopping Target to shopping Wal-Mart. In fact I haven't been in a Wal-Mart for over two years now. I just don't think Wal-Mart is the anti-Christ like some folks here do.
