Stopped at Target to look for some shoes.

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    10 months ago

    Is this only an American thing ? I don’t think I’ve ever seen something like this in the European countries I’ve been in

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      10 months ago

      Never seen it in continental Europe, but Primark is on a whole different level in the UK

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      10 months ago

      I’m American and I’ve never seen this in a Target ever. They must be severely understaffed at this location.

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        10 months ago

        Right, the Targets where I live are pretty clean and maintained but other stores however, tend to look like the photo in OP. Like Forever 21 and Ross always look like a fucking mess.

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      10 months ago

      It’s not an “American” thing. There are zero stores like this where I live. It’s a “wherever this store is” thing.

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      10 months ago

      In general, I feel l like Europeans experience a healthy amount of shame in situations like these, like USians completely lack.

      I’d lie awake at night for the rest of my life because of the shame I’d feel knowing I left something behind looking as trashed as that.

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      10 months ago

      I raise my hand- I’ve seen similar in Australia’s Targets and Kmarts, though I must admit that was years ago. I haven’t seen this much mess in yhe shoe section over the past couple years but I also haven’t been shopping for shoes there lately, so all I’m saying is it can happen here too.

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        10 months ago

        Can confirm, did a mandatory highschool weeks work experience in kmart a few years back - was the only person who cared to clean up the shoes.

        Nowadays the shoe section is clean af. However I dont necessarily think it’s due to the workers - more likely less customers shopping for shoes offline.

        I don’t generally buy shoes from those stores anyway anymore, I have very small feet so the selection sucks, but also none of the shoes last very long. Id rather spend $100 on shoes that last rather then $25-35 on shoes that fall to pieces after a month or two of use.

        But when I do shop for shoes in these stores, I make a point to put the rejects back where they are supposed to go. That one week burned into my brain how painful it is to put away a mountain of shoes that people just tossed aside. So I’ll do my part to not be apart of the problem, and to make it easier for our poor retail workers.