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Earth_First

(14,910 posts) Wed Mar 14, 2012, 01:06 PM Mar 2012

So I stopped at Target this morning...

This whole 'targeted marketing' thing may not be what they expected...

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So I stopped at Target this morning... (Original Post) Earth_First Mar 2012 OP

So you bought auto parts? RiffRandell Mar 2012 #1

I did! Earth_First Mar 2012 #3

As we used to say at my old job geardaddy Mar 2012 #2

Or as the employees say peacefreak Mar 2012 #13

Exactly. geardaddy Mar 2012 #14

DWI bait libodem Mar 2012 #4

Man, Target has some really crappy auto parts. I'll have to go to Bloomingdales to find mine LynneSin Mar 2012 #5

You must be in upstate NY geardaddy Mar 2012 #6

Yessir! Earth_First Mar 2012 #9

I went to college not far from you... geardaddy Mar 2012 #10

Ahhh, Lubricants! JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2012 #7

Some stocking clerk must have bad eyesight RebelOne Mar 2012 #8

I am thinking the auto parts are in the rows behind the beverage department siligut Mar 2012 #15

All that piss-water will fuck up your engine! madinmaryland Mar 2012 #11

I think the shelving DryHump Mar 2012 #12

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)

1. So you bought auto parts?

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 01:28 PM

Mar 2012

Those are always necessities. I have to buy those all the time.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

3. I did!

Reply to RiffRandell (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:28 PM

Mar 2012

Bottom left hand shelf had just the part I was looking for...

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

2. As we used to say at my old job

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 01:34 PM

Mar 2012

where I contracted at Targhetto HQ: "Expect More. Pay Less."

peacefreak

(2,939 posts)

13. Or as the employees say

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 07:28 PM

Mar 2012

Expect more work, get less pay.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

14. Exactly.

Reply to peacefreak (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 10:22 AM

Mar 2012

That's kind of where I was going with that.

libodem

(19,288 posts)

4. DWI bait

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:44 PM

Mar 2012

Tragically funny.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

5. Man, Target has some really crappy auto parts. I'll have to go to Bloomingdales to find mine

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 02:50 PM

Mar 2012

They might have Dogfish or Rasputin there!

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

6. You must be in upstate NY

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 03:01 PM

Mar 2012

I see a lot of Genesee in that photo.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

9. Yessir!

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 04:34 PM

Mar 2012

I don't drink that awful stuff, but yes we're from Rochester...

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

10. I went to college not far from you...

Reply to Earth_First (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 04:37 PM

Mar 2012

in Geneva. The school used to buy kegs of Genny for student functions. It was bad.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

7. Ahhh, Lubricants!

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 03:48 PM

Mar 2012

My favorite auto parts.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

8. Some stocking clerk must have bad eyesight

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 03:53 PM

Mar 2012

and mistook the auto parts section for the beverage section.

siligut

(12,272 posts)

15. I am thinking the auto parts are in the rows behind the beverage department

Reply to RebelOne (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 10:28 AM

Mar 2012

What you don't see is that the shelves behind the camera are full of boxed wine.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

11. All that piss-water will fuck up your engine!

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 06:13 PM

Mar 2012

DryHump

(199 posts)

12. I think the shelving

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 06:20 PM

Mar 2012

just says "NASCAR" so completely

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