I love Target, but at least twice now a cashier has had to ask their supervisor whether they accept SuperTarget coupons from the Target website. Really?
Also in this day and age who still gets suspicious of coupons printed on a black and white printer? Surely I’m not the only person who isn’t wasting their money on a color printer just to print text.
How silly is it that I just had to cancel our hotel reservations for Indianapolis and rebook them so we could get the first night $25 cheaper? I guess booking too far in advance isn’t always the best way to go. And now that I know this, you can be sure I’ll be checking the rates again the day before we leave just in case they go down again.
Has our world become so busy and complicated that we can’t expect decent customer service anymore? I just wonder about it after the whole Butterball turkey sausage incident where they couldn’t tell me whether the product had been discontinued or where to purchase it if it had not.
Today I was at The Sports Authority looking for some new workout clothes. They are so worried about theft that they lock the fitting rooms and you have to ring for assistance. Well I rang and rang but no one came. Eventually Joe went up to the front of the store to tell them I needed assistance and the crabby bitch who came to unlock a room acted like I was completely inconveniencing her by making her do her job. Had I not really wanted a new pair of shorts I would have put the clothes back and left (like I did at Value Shitty two years ago).
And that’s what gets me the most. This poor customer service directly results in loss of revenue. Since when has that been a sound business decision? I may be only one person, but just like when you save money, a little here and there eventually adds up. Target recently lost a sale thanks to their website. I really want the new DS game, Planet Puzzle League. The availability on their site says “This item is available online, but is not available in stores”, so I ordered the game from another site two days ago. What did I see at Target today? Yep. Silly me, expecting businesses to keep on top of things. I guess money just isn’t that important to them.
I need to talk about flip-flops for a moment. Or as some people call them, thongs. I hate them. Or more like they hate me. I think they are so cute! They come in so many colors and styles, and I wish I could buy them and love them like apparently all the people in my office building who wear them every day (although personally, I wouldn’t wear them to the office because I think they look retarded with dress clothes).
But the thing is, they hurt my feet. Plus the feeling of the material between my toes bugs the living crap out of me. How do you people stand it? I never wore them as a kid because I hated that feeling, and then I bought a pair at Target the other day figuring it might just be a matter of having to get used to them, and I nearly crippled myself walking around the kitchen for less than five minutes. My toes were hurting for half an hour afterwards. Maybe my toes are too close together or something.
I guess you could say I am flip-flop challenged. :(
It sure would be nice if we could get some fresh air in the house without cigarette smoke as a bonus. The neighbors on each side smoke. I don’t get it, if there’s more non-smokers than smokers, how come the smokers always live next door to us? Man, I can’t wait to move! I know it’s years away from now, but I long for the day we have no neighbors within smelling distance, surrounded by nothing but nature. I’ll take the early morning birds chirping incessantly to the smell of cigarette smoke any day.