Target has always been one of my favorite stores. I would much rather shop there than Walmart. I am sure the merchandise is the same in both stores but Target has always seemed a little bit more upscale. I had no idea how much until I went in yesterday looking for a coat.
My mother had gotten my sister a trendy black trench coat from Target for Christmas. I was thinking about the dress I would be wearing to lasts night concert and realized that my dress coat would be way too heavy for the evening. I thought about Anne's coat and thought it would be perfect. I had seen a similar coat at a Target store on the other end of town. I decided however to check out the new Target that had opened at the trendy new mall a few blocks from my apartment.
I walked into the store and it looked like every other Target I had every been in. I went over to the section where the coats usually are and searched and searched but didn't see a single coat. I then spotted a worker hanging out by the dressing rooms. I approached the lady who immediately turned her back to me to appear to be busy with something. I must have said, "Excuse me...miss." 20 times before she finally turned around. She looked at me and said sort of disgruntled, "Yes, may I help you?" I then asked, "I was wondering if you have any coats?" She proceeded to look me up and down and then said in kind of a snotty manner, "For you?" I wanted to respond, "No actually some women has been going around the store looking for coats and I just thought I would help her out by asking you." But I was good. I simply smiled and said, "Yes, for me." She looked me over again and replied, "Ummm....no." Wanted to get away from this woman quickly I thanked her and started to walk away. As I turned she said, "Wait a second let me call someone." She sighed like it was a huge inconvenience. She radioed some woman and asked if they had anymore Merdona jackets. What? I never said anything about a Merdona jacket. I wanted the Mossimmo trench. But I couldn't stop her. I kept trying to interrupt and she would say, "Just wait a second...she is checking." Finally the woman radios back with a "no". So I smiled...thanked her again and walked away. I decided that I had had enough with coats and thought maybe a new pair of shoes would brighten things up.
I was checking out a cute pair of sandals when this women comes up to me and whispers, "I heard you were looking for a coat?" I wondered why we were whispering but decided to play along. So I whispered back, "Yes, but they are apparently all out." She whispers back, "They have coats. I don't know why she told you that. Follow me and I will take you to them." I felt like I was some sort of outcast that this women was trying to sneak past the coat Nazi in order to get me a coat that I apparently wasn't good enough to purchase. The shoe section that I was in was right across from where this woman wanted to take me but we had to go all the way up through the jewelry and purses and come back down the isle. We were on a secret mission....trying the whole time to avoid being detected by the enemy. We finally arrived at a rack and there...sure enough...was the coat I had been wanting. I thanked the woman for her help and grabbed the coat and proceed to the check out lane.
Never in a million years would I have thought that I would have been treated like that. I could probably except it if I was going into some place like Sax Fifth Avenue. Who would have thought I wasn't good enough to shop at Target. I don't know what that woman was doing getting all uppity. She works at a discount department store. I can bet that I make more than she does. Even though this Target is closer to my house, I think I will stick to going to the one on the other side of town. Apparently I fit in better with that sort of crowd.
