Posts Tagged ‘corporate greed’
Shit- our secret is out!
Target has skated by for a long time with their red interiors and ‘We’re not Wal-Mart and we didn’t make your mom do meth like Wal-Mart did” attitude. But it seems like at least one Target has shown its true colors. And those colors are: fuck face.
David Lawrinowicz of Lancaster had worked at Target for nearly eight years before the company fired him Wednesday — for buying two Zhu Zhu Pets…Not stealing them, buying them.
A few days later, Lawrinowicz said he was called into the human resources office and told employees were not allowed to purchase “popular items” until the store opens at 8 a.m.
The full story is here. Did I edit the thing above to make the store seem even worse? Damn right. This whole thing has me bothered. Here is why:
- Target is not as good as everyone thinks but they are still pretty good.
- Walmart is not as bad as everone thinks (at least anymore) but they are still pretty bad.
- Anyone who hides behind a policy either in a handbook or ‘on a posted placard’ is a pussy. And I don’t even think that posted placards are legally binding. You know those signs that say: management is not responsible for lost or stolen articles? And we all think they aren’t? Well fuck that. It’s a trick. What if the sign said: management reserves the right to hump your wife? Would you pay attention then? And yes, I know YOU would, Swinger Larry.
- Why in the hell did they not have some sort of do-over policy?
- Why didn’t they fire the people who checked them out?
- How much do you think Target wishes they had lightened the hell up.
Anyway – I still like Target. I am going over there right now, as a matter of fact. I don’t work there so I can buy whatever I want.