There’s No Target Around Me Yet (Store, That Is)

The Target Tale (Rat Bastards)

So, Camille and I hop in the car and drive to Target. I go to the customer service desk (and please remember that there are 2 1/2 weeks left until Easter) and say, “Hi, my husband and I bought these baskets last week. I then found cheaper baskets at another store, and need to return these. I don’t have my receipt so I am totally willing to take a store credit.”

Target employee: Do you have the credit card you purchased the stuff with? We can find the purchase with that.

Me: We didn’t buy it with a credit card - we paid for them in cash.

Target Employee: We can’t take a return without a receipt.

Me: What do you mean? Your return policy doesn’t say that.

Target employee: We can’t take a return without a receipt.

Me: Can you show me where that policy is stated?

Target Employee: Well, actually once every 12 months for each customers - we do allow 2 items to be returned without a receipt. But that’s it.

Me: So you will take two of the baskets back but not all three - even though they were all purchased at the same time?

Target Employee: Well, no. Because those are seasonal items, so we won’t accept them without a receipt.

Ah, the infinite loop of the corporate mind.

Someday you pinstriped bastards will hang for lobotomizing human beings into robots.