September 12, 2003

The Joys of Target

How difficult is it to return a shopping cart to the cart corral at Target, I ask you?

In the thirty odd minutes I spent in the store last night, no less than five shopping carts were left around the perimeter of my parking spot. Is it that exhausting to walk 15 feet, pushing a container ON WHEELS so people can actually back out of a space without playing shopping cart dominoes? Apparently so.

I think the asshats who leave their carts all over the parking lot are the same people who walk like f'n snails in front of me in the store. I've got shit to buy, people. Get a move on. And I love how they decide the best time to attempt a normal walking speed is when I'm trying to weave around them. All of a sudden, they're f'n roadrunners.

And who are the people who eat entire MEALS at the Target snack bar? They bring their kids and have a family dinner right there in the red booths. The smell of that snack bar makes me want to hurl the minute I walk through the door. The idea of SITTING DOWN AND EATING DINNER AT TARGET is just too much for me to comprehend.

I do like those blue slurpees, though.

Michelle
and, don't race to get in line in front of me, get up the register and decide at that moment to send your teenage daughter back to the clothes department to exchange something for a smaller size - WE WILL NEVER SEE HER AGAIN! What the hell are you thinking! Blue Slurpies Rule!
2003-09-12 07:43:58

Kelly
OMG! D, We are f'n soul twins! I am the shopping cart Samaritan! I have run around parking lots putting carts away since the cart corral was invented.

Also, I think there should be freaking lanes in stores. Like lanes on the road....

However, Jennifer and I used to eat at the Target Luncheonette all the time....don't disown me....
2003-09-12 09:17:13

weNfl
I gather all the carts and walk them to the corral - I can have as many as 10 from as far away as .5 mile ... it makes me nuts!
2003-09-12 09:20:21

Wendyloo
I admit that I too have gathered carts and put them in the corral. As for the people who eat there with their kids: borrow two kids and try to go shopping at a couple different places and you'll see why people minimize their stops. It's all about convience.
2003-09-12 10:09:51

Gumphood
I agree; "I need colorful sheets, but I am hungry. Hmmmm, what should I do. Mcdonalds is far too slow for fast food AND sheets. I need my 30 seconds back. I know...TARGET. Lameasses.
2003-09-12 13:02:43

Audra
OK, I take back other people's carts too, so if we're all taking these carts back...why are there still so many f'n carts?!? I throw Target popcorn at my kid and hit the nearest McD's after we leave. I'm not feeding my child's growing brain Target food. And why do people stop in the middle of the aisle to look at the displays. Pull over in front of them and take a real close look!!!
2003-09-12 13:11:51

Cruel-Irony
Yup, I'm a cart corraler too! It's a big pet peeve of mine when people leave carts in parking spaces. And, it also drives me nuts when people stop in the middle of the aisle.
2003-09-12 17:21:17

Beth
Your Targets have a food service area? Who knew? Ours don't. So we don't have that problem. But yeah, I think there should be a minimum speed limit for shopping aisles and a special lane for senior citizens. I get aggrivated, my husbnad gets shoppers rage. He just runs people over in his 'cart' ( we call them trolleys.) He is the reason the elderly shake their walking sticks in the air and mutter about the youth of today.
2003-09-12 18:47:14

jennifer
hi, danielle. really liked the entry.:)an addendum to kelly's comment: though she tried to casually mention that her and I were regular patrons of the Target cafe, she neglected to say anything about her fixation with the pizza sauce they would serve with our highly coveted cheese "stix." suffice it to say that seeing her tongue in the sauce cup was a regular and expected Saturday occurence. not that I am much better: http://witch-baby.diaryland.com/menatwork.html have a nice weekend!
2003-09-12 23:23:51

Erin
This Saturday I had the pleasure of dining at my Target for lunch. Please take into account that this is a SuperTarget. I had the next to the worst pretzel I have ever eaten in my life. Thank God for the grape icee! I am a whore for icees. Repeat, not slushies, just icees.
2003-09-15 19:29:08

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