Re: this must be the 1st :)annes3December 8 2006, 19:02:01 UTC
OK so I go to Target w/Alexander while Ben & Max catch a movie ("Happy Feet!"). A & I need pix for Xmas presents.
First, it is obvious that prices at Target are low because they do not have actual employees. Unlike Wal-Mart, which is crawling with blueshirted greeters, NOBODY is standing around to help you. It's all DIY.
I put the photo card thing in but it doesn't work. I put it in the other kiosk. It tells me nothing is in there. So I push it in harder. Still says nothing is there! Now it is stuck. The ghost employees are not able to help. There is a sign that says "back in 30 minutes." It is nailed to the counter.
Finally an employee comes to my rescue. He can't figure it out either. He returns with a screwdriver (reminds me of another story, not to be related here, the punchline of which is one of our IT people saying to me: "I'll get the screwdriver!") and pulls the sucker out. Oh, he figured it out, I had it in upside-down. He is off to his next scheduled break, and I am on my own.
Things are going well. A waves at all the passers-by. We are right near the restrooms so lots of people walk past.
Selection takes eons (because I can't decide, they are all SO cute). I print out all the pix I selected. The trouble starts again...
I ordered 40 and count 20. Hmmm! "Back in 30 minutes." A new employee, who must have just been hired because he looks about 3 seconds over the age of 16 (if that), eventually appears. "How long do these take to print out?" I ask, thinking perhaps sometimes it needs to stop and warm up between scores. "They come right out. Check the other bin." Which I had already thought of, thank you!
"How about I just pay for 1/2 of these?" (because I already have a receipt saying I bought 40). "Can you do that?" He cannot even understand what I'm talking about, much less do it.
He, too, gets the screwdriver. Actually it's a key, he opens up the door. Pictures fly out! We have won the photo slot machine! There are a few of a cute butt-naked baby, a family, and a dog and cat. They are all complete strangers to me. There are also about 20 of my own pix.
Moral: when shopping at Target, bring your own screwdriver, careful with the upside-down-right-side-up problem, and count your pix.
First, it is obvious that prices at Target are low because they do not have actual employees. Unlike Wal-Mart, which is crawling with blueshirted greeters, NOBODY is standing around to help you. It's all DIY.
I put the photo card thing in but it doesn't work. I put it in the other kiosk. It tells me nothing is in there. So I push it in harder. Still says nothing is there! Now it is stuck. The ghost employees are not able to help. There is a sign that says "back in 30 minutes." It is nailed to the counter.
Finally an employee comes to my rescue. He can't figure it out either. He returns with a screwdriver (reminds me of another story, not to be related here, the punchline of which is one of our IT people saying to me: "I'll get the screwdriver!") and pulls the sucker out. Oh, he figured it out, I had it in upside-down. He is off to his next scheduled break, and I am on my own.
Things are going well. A waves at all the passers-by. We are right near the restrooms so lots of people walk past.
Selection takes eons (because I can't decide, they are all SO cute). I print out all the pix I selected. The trouble starts again...
I ordered 40 and count 20. Hmmm! "Back in 30 minutes." A new employee, who must have just been hired because he looks about 3 seconds over the age of 16 (if that), eventually appears. "How long do these take to print out?" I ask, thinking perhaps sometimes it needs to stop and warm up between scores. "They come right out. Check the other bin." Which I had already thought of, thank you!
"How about I just pay for 1/2 of these?" (because I already have a receipt saying I bought 40). "Can you do that?" He cannot even understand what I'm talking about, much less do it.
He, too, gets the screwdriver. Actually it's a key, he opens up the door. Pictures fly out! We have won the photo slot machine! There are a few of a cute butt-naked baby, a family, and a dog and cat. They are all complete strangers to me. There are also about 20 of my own pix.
Moral: when shopping at Target, bring your own screwdriver, careful with the upside-down-right-side-up problem, and count your pix.
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