I recently bought a new pair of gym leggings at Target. I went to self checkwith my leggings, Cascade, toilet paper, and some candy for my Daughter’s Easter basket. Rang myself up and left the store.
When I got home, I put all the things away, and tossed the receipt- I didn’t need it. I was keeping everything I bought.
Big mistake.
I went to put on the leggings the next day and realized that Target now puts sensors on all the clothes, even the inexpensive athletic ware.
I know I don’t have the receipt. I know I can’t wear the shorts with the sensor on it.
Hmmm…
I call Target and I relate my tale of woe.
The rep at Target says just come in, show us ID, and we’ll take the tag off.
I am grateful to Target for not giving me grief and figuring out a workaround to my issue.
If you need some prompts for mindfulness or journaling:
Courage
Step lightly
Gratitude acknowledges connection…when we contemplate our place in the intricate, independent network of life, we feel wonder and joy. Robert A. Emmons
Celebrate any progress. Don’t wait to get perfect. Ann McGee-Cooper
Waking up on the Wrong Side of 50 
This is why I detest self checkout.
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Sometimes self check is my only option, especially early
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Not me, I once stood in a long line for twenty minutes. The clerk overseeing the self-checkout’s came up and tried to entice me and others to use the self-checkout. I looked askance at her and said, “Why would I subject my self to the horrors of self-checkout? Instead of trying to get people to use that, why don’t you open up another register and then we won’t have to wait as long.”
She gave me a puzzled look and then turned away dejected. I knew that she was only doing her job, but I would rather wait or go somewhere else, then use a self-checkout.
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We don’t always have cashiers at the stores…labor shortage…so literally if I wanted to pay this was the only way
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oof
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‘Courage’ and ‘step lightly’ strike me as funny when literally applied to your pants setting off an alarm while you’re wearing them. 😀
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You know what’s funny? I didn’t set off the alarm when I left the syore
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That’s really odd. Would’ve saved you the trip back if it had. I guess they’re just using the tags as an annoyance to wearing the clothes.
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So much shoplifting here
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Yeah…I guess my prompts are a bit askew
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Why didn’t the alarm go off?
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I know! At least I could have taken care of it then
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Yay for Target! Customer service at its best. But I too wonder why the alarms didn’t sound…Interesting, that.
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Didn’t go off when I reentered the store either
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It’s good that customers service at Target was able to help. Happy Saturday!
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I detest self-checkout and the kids use it all the time. How easy is it for someone to place a chip or whatever the bad guys do to get your card info? Happened to me once at a restaurant with one of those machines on the table. Plus, yes, you’re taking the job away from someone. I’m not being paid to be customer service. Sorry, rant over.
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We have a worker shortage now. The cashier lines do not always have someone attending them, especially in the mornings
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Got it. Sounds like an easy way to steal things too if you’re a shady character.
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Our stores are starting to lock up a lot of items and up security
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Did you pay with a card ? They can swipe it and see what you’ve purchased .
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I was prepared to tell them the time I was there and all the things i bought, but my name didn’t fall on their “problem” list so I was ok
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I try not to use self check out but I find more and more stores are closing registers which makes longer lineups. It reminds of the story about slowing boiling a frog in a pan of water. It seems to me that reduction of service is poor choice – if there is no personal service then online shopping will kill these stores. I stay with companies based on how they treat me and in my experience dealing with many businesses when I need help I get it. If you buy your furniture online and then need a repair or something – don’t ask that store for assistance if you didn’t support them with the purchase.
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Shoplifting is going to kill stores…here anyway. We have labor shortages…
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I love Target!
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💗💗
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What a problem!! I’m glad they solved it easily, although it meant you had to go back to the store.
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Luckily not that far
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I was a little nervous about where this one might go. Wonderful to learn about the Target store being run well. Taking care of people is what matters most.
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And I will be more careful in the future
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So much robbery and theft lately. Take care.
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Makes you wonder if those sensors are really just for show!
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I guess they figure you can’t take the sensor off without damaging the clothes…so it’s a deterrent
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I try to avoid self checkout but sometimes it really is the only option. I hadn’t thought about those sensors, though. Was there a way for you to have taking them off yourself at the register, or was your only option to walk out, set off the alarm, then get help. What a time saver 🙂
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At my local target there’s always someone stationed there, so I’m assuming they take off sensors. This is new at my target, so need to figure it out
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