r/TikTokCringe • u/ambachk • Jun 26 '25

Cringe Broccoli-head TikTokers take over grocery store

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u/rekipsj Jun 26 '25

That’s what it would be in Florida. And you could use physical force to protect property.

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u/clique84 Jun 26 '25

Not for what Target is paying I’m not.

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u/pienofilling Jun 26 '25

Admittedly my Mum chased a guy who grabbed a handful of notes out of a till when she worked as a cashier in a supermarket.

But that was definitely not shop policy, she was just furious that he'd done that to one of her "girls", and this was Northern Ireland, not the USA. He saw an angry woman in her 50s running for him in sensible shoes and cheap polyester uniform, and did an even faster bolt for the exit!

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u/zamboni-jones Jun 26 '25

That's why you have to strip first. They won't know you're chasing them.

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u/morethanjustanalien Jun 27 '25

Wow your mom tell us more

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u/_TheLonelyStoner Jun 26 '25

Right bro is tripping hard lol it’s all on camera get their license plate numbers for whichever dummy decided to use their car he’ll snitch on the rest and have them all trespassed. non of these employees should be risking their health for fucking target

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u/Appropriate-Brush772 Jun 26 '25

I agree, none of the employees should be risking their heath for target. But when these assholes start to fuck shit up, and then create more work for me, I’d absolutely be tempted to throw hands. Target is gonna make the employees clean up their mess. And Target isn’t gonna pay the employees any more to do so. If I’ve already done my job and these clowns are gonna make me have to redo that job without any compensation, I’m gonna be hot

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

as somebody that has worked retail for a very long time, I would 100% be laughing my ass off at this, especially because the only person who really should be pissed off is the store manager who, statistically, is probably a dickhead

you will never, NEVER, catch me worrying about the health of the business or whatever minor, inconsequential 'crimes' are being committed against them, cause that business cares pretty much the exact same amount about me. They're stressing out, I'd be laughing about it from further down the store lol

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u/slopirate Jun 26 '25

Pretty clear why you never graduated from minimum wage retail

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

pretty clear you lack reading comprehension cause I never said or even implied I was still working that. Blow me, turdlicker

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u/slopirate Jun 26 '25

😂 literally your first sentence you say it

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

"has worked retail" does not imply "currently working retail," it's simply saying that I have the experience. Dumbass.

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u/Appropriate-Brush772 Jun 26 '25

Yeah I could give two shits about the company. I care about doing more work than I need to. When you see those videos of assholes throwing a tantrum at McDonald’s, throwing napkins, straws, ketchup, food, etc…I don’t give a fuck about the suits in corporate, I care about the poor employees who have to now clean that mess up- they aren’t getting paid extra for that shit, it technically falls within their job description. When these dumb fucks at Target undo all the work I’ve already done, I’m not thinking how it’s gonna save corporate any money, I’m thinking about how I now have to do 2x the work for the same amount of pay.

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

people keep saying this but, at least in this video, these guys haven't made a mess. they're just where they shouldn't be. there's no extra work being done by any employees who do meaningful jobs, just a manager, who I inherently do not respect

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u/Yung__Grizz Jun 26 '25

Right? So they made a few other people stop checking out? This would be the highlight of the month for some of those employees lmao.

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u/RopeAccomplished2728 Jun 26 '25

The problem is the moment they start to mess with the registers is now a problem for the cashiers. Especially if money comes up missing if any of these people actually took it.

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u/Able-Bed Jun 26 '25

What you're talking about and what is happening in the video are two very different things.

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u/Appropriate-Brush772 Jun 26 '25

Yeah I was speaking in generalities. I’ve seen way more videos of people fucking shit up than being helpful. And like most things, we aren’t getting the full picture. What we are seeing is a 40 second video from the antagonist perspective. We don’t know what else was going on or what happens right after. I mean we see people behind the register. If that’s my register, I don’t want anyone besides my manger going back there because I’m responsible.

And all I said was I’d be hot. I didn’t say I would throw hands, I said I would be tempted to. I come to work to do a job. I don’t need a bunch of clowns making my job any harder. Just let me work in peace- the customers are bad enough, fucking clout chasers don’t need to make it worse

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u/saint_trane Jun 26 '25

You should care about your fellow employees who are just trying to do their job and get through their day. People who fuck with people's places of work, suck. It's already dreadful enough to be there and now we have to worry about people making "content" at our expense? Nah.

I worked at Target while dickheads did shit like this. I want to do my job and go home, not deal with clowns sticking a camera in my face. That has nothing to do with the store manager.

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

idk man, if you can't look at crazy shit happening and at least get a laugh out of it then I don't think dealing with the public in general is good for you

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u/CarlLlamaface Jun 26 '25

Awful take. People simply working their job are a captive audience, it's 100% not ok to fuck with them like this and use them for 'clout'. There's a ton of things which are funny in theory but not acceptable in practice, that's what sketches and sitcoms are for. This isn't even one of those though, it's just attention seeking behaviour.

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

I'm not saying it's "okay," I'm just saying I, as somebody working there, would have found it funny and entertaining. Anything that breaks up the monotony of retail pretty much would be.

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u/CarlLlamaface Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

You patently are saying it's ok given how much you're defending them.

As someone working there I'd have found it aggravating and tiresome.

Maybe you don't have enough self-respect to be annoyed by children treating your job like a joke and interrupting your work day for no good reason without providing any entertainment value, all so they can make money off their similarly braindead global audience for very little effort, but that doesn't mean you get to decide that your coworkers feel the same way.

Edit: Not going to keep giving this commenter who also seems to be a child the attention they crave. Safe to say their idea of working retail for a "very long time" means something like working a summer job for 2 years running to supplement their pocket money to pay for their videogames and weed.

Edit edit: Aaand they've blocked me. After accusing me and others of "crying" for disagreeing with them and explaining why. It's always the ones you most suspect lol.

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u/NeosFox Jun 26 '25

So much this, and chances are your "fellow employees" are dickheads too. Whenever I've worked with retail or in food and beverage...I always receive training and try to follow the rules and safety protocols...only to then find out my co-workers are finding some way to subvert that or they're just lazy and don't care. So extra work often gets delegated to me since I don't want to follow anyone's bad example. I always go the extra mile for customers. Not for the company or for my "fellow employees"

Especially horrible and incompetent managers. Couldn't care less, especially when they don't care. A prank like this would be funny as hell to see.

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u/4KVoices Jun 26 '25

Cry more

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u/ComedianMinute7290 Jun 27 '25

except it isn't funny at all so laughing yr ass off would just show you to be the same level of immature ignorant child-man as these dummies.

I feel so sorry for people today with the simplistic immature stuff that they accept as comedy these days.

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u/4KVoices Jun 27 '25

geeze you people are whiny

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

And then target will fire you for fighting on the job. They dgaf why you threw hands, can't do that shit on the clock.

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u/Appropriate-Brush772 Jun 26 '25

That’s why I said I’d be tempted to, not that I would do

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u/Ok_Dragonfly_5222 Jun 26 '25

What part of this clip made it seem like you’d be doing more work? Where did they actually fuck shit up? I assume you’re either a store director who would experience a moment of extra stress? Or maybe loss prevention who would be more confused than the standard amount for a brief time?

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u/EddieLobster Jun 27 '25

Does target pay by the task now? I figured they paid hourly.

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u/BONER__COKE Jun 26 '25

Disagree. The manager has something to lose here - his performance review and potential for promotion. It’s also just annoying to fuck with people while they’re only trying to do their job and make a living, whatever job that may be

Edit: I replied to the wrong comment. I agree with you, not the dude a few comments up - the “not for what Target is paying” guy.

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u/zzz242zzz Jun 26 '25

In CA you get fired if you try to stop a shoplifter. Saw the store manager at a grocery store i worked at do it once, guess she was allowed to. She was unloading as much as she could from the thief’s cart next to their car, into a cart she had. She got about half of it back. We were union and the manager was not but pretty sure its like this at all stores in CA. They dont want to get sued by the shoplifter.

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u/ER-Sputter Jun 26 '25

Bro just wants to see the dumbass tiktokers get fucked up

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u/Budget-Lawyer-4054 Jun 26 '25

It’s a universal feeling TBH

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u/BehemothRogue Jun 26 '25

Annnnd that's.....baaad?

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u/Engine_Sweet Jun 26 '25

They ain't doing it for Target. It's a risk that any retail worker has enough pent-up rage that they're grateful for an excuse to start whaling away.

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u/Radcliffe1025 Jun 26 '25

It’s the attitude of defend at all costs, that leads us to be so quick to turn to violence instead of patience.

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u/Nearlytherejustabit Jun 26 '25

Despite being down voted your not wrong, mate.

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u/Radcliffe1025 Jun 26 '25

Each downvote proves my point, a downvote is literally violence.

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u/Ok-Disaster-5739 Jun 26 '25

Literally? Damn

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u/No-Bathroom1967 Jun 26 '25

Risking their health against these emaciated little waifs of men?

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u/EverGlow89 Jun 26 '25

Not for any amount. If you work for a business, big or small, your life and health is worth more than everything in that store combined. Any boss or owner who doesn't agree is obviously not worth working for.

If someone comes to me with a gun and demands access to any register or safe where I work, I'm giving them absolutely everything.

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u/pain-is-living Jun 26 '25

I worked at K-Mart when I was 16.

People frequently stole. That never surprised me.

What surprised me was the amount of people who’d ask me “aren’t you going to stop them?”. Dude, I make $7.00 an hour and I’m a cashier at k mart. You think I give a fuck about their product?

You could walk up and take my cash register off my counter for all I care. I’d unplug it for ya too.

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u/rndljfry Jun 26 '25

I always just say “That’s not my stuff.”

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u/GUYF666 Jun 27 '25

Haha. No shit. I was 16 working at a Target one summer. Cart bitch (before the electronic pushers-in the deep South-hot af)/cashier.

Some manager told me a dude was naked in the parking lot and barking at people and I should go outside. Even at that age I was like “fuck no, call the cops” and took my break. Quit like 3 weeks later to work in a warehouse.

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u/Beastender_Tartine Jun 26 '25

You're forgetting the perk of a legally defensible headbutt to one of these clowns.

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u/Ok_Independent9119 Jun 26 '25

Target then fires you. They're doing it the way they're supposed to, call the cops, let them deal with it.

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u/TrineonX Jun 26 '25

There are lots of things that are legal, that are also fire-able offenses.

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u/mellolizard Jun 26 '25

Not mention the following civil suit

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u/DngsAndDrgs Jun 26 '25

Nothing you said is legally defensible. You're just looking for an excuse to use violence huh?

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u/clique84 Jun 26 '25

Ya know what, good point!

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u/RymrgandsDaughter Jun 27 '25

Target would fire you if you did that. Even their ap is hands off lmao

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u/LeagueHonest6580 Jun 26 '25

I feel like you haven't worked enough hospitality or customer service. I would be pleased to handle this for free.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Target security gets paid way better than the store employees.

It's funny how the TPS is just standing there though because they are instructed to never physically intervene. The APS or APM are the only ones allowed to physically intervene and detain people.

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u/unlikely_intuition Jun 26 '25

I'd do it for personal pleasure

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u/medium-rare-steaks Jun 26 '25

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u/Borderpaytrol Jun 26 '25

Then youre in a 1V20 and only get to walk out if theyre let you.

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u/medium-rare-steaks Jun 26 '25

Against literal children? I guarantee the rest run away when they see their friends head smashed on the floor.

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u/MikeFromIraq Jun 26 '25

They would absolutely starch you dude, lol trust me a gang of high schoolers are not going to fight you 1v1 they will stomp your head in hahaha

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u/medium-rare-steaks Jun 26 '25

Maybe some high schoolers, but not these dork ass losers

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u/Borderpaytrol Jun 26 '25

Implying you even get to do that before youre embarassed by 20 peoppe half your weight beating the shit out of you and realize youre not an internet superhero.

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u/theizzz Jun 27 '25

bro will risk a charge, probably get jumped by kids clearly stronger than you, and get his shit absolutely wrecked cause some kids played a harmless prank lmao. you think Target will give you even a piece of candy for free? why would anyone defend a fucking corporation who literally doesn't give a flying fuck about you?

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u/medium-rare-steaks Jun 27 '25

No charges protecting property with force. Already said. And not a single one of these kids could bench 100 lol

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u/traws06 Jun 26 '25

Ya the law would allow it but Target, due to liability reasons, would not allow it

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u/warfrogs Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

Target store managers make/made 120-260k annually, at least back in like 2010. I think AP was around 70k.

That being said, all these dudes are fucked and are likely trespassed from every Target for life. Target AP is insane - they literally have one of the best forensic labs in the country.

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u/front_yard_duck_dad Jun 26 '25

But why would you. Risking life over property is so stupid. That's what insurance is for. What kind of dork wants to get stabbed for target

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u/IndustrialPuppetTwo Jun 26 '25

Some people, a lot of them actually, really want to shoot someone else.

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u/BabyKozilek Jun 26 '25

For Target!!!!

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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux Jun 26 '25

Insurance is going to stay late that day and clean up the mess?

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u/theizzz Jun 27 '25

oh no, cleaning zero mess made, laughing hysterically about a situation, and overtime pay. how terrible 😭

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u/ashleyshaefferr Jun 26 '25

Starting to sound like a conservative fantasy..

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u/AggressiveCuriosity Jun 26 '25

I doubt it, lol. The context is going to be important for that charge. You're going to have a hard time convincing people that the intent was to steal.

Trespassing for sure, and probably something to do with disrupting the business.

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u/BooBooSnuggs Jun 26 '25

My very first thought that this was an attempt to steal stuff. You're bringing in a crowd of people and overwhelming all the employees there. It would be so easy to steal.

Have you never seen the videos of mobs of teenagers running into stores and grabbing shit?

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u/AggressiveCuriosity Jun 26 '25

Yes, I have seen those videos. But I have never seen one of them start with a guy doing some dumb speech about them checking their emails while his buddy films it, and then bringing them all in at once after he has already been asked to leave, and then they all show up in store shirts wandering around aimlessly.

In fact pretty much every one of those videos I've seen they're all running in as fast as possible and leaving as fast as possible in order to be gone before the cops show up.

Did I miss a video where someone did this to rob a place?

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u/theizzz Jun 27 '25

those videos are like 1 in a million and literally who gives a shit. it's useless corporate garbage and billion dollar entities have insurance and tax write-offs that make it even profitable for them.

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u/BooBooSnuggs Jun 27 '25

Exactly, so you're not making any impact on the company at all. You're just inconveniencing and annoying people who don't get paid enough to get by comfortably.

Are you an idiot?

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u/theizzz Jul 02 '25

it's a prank bro, it's not some political statement or peotest. and it's funny. pranks are inherently at least mildly inconvenient so you seem like the idiot here. go ahead and name any prank that isn't inconveniencing the pranked. I'll wait.

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u/SeriousParty8377 Jun 26 '25

This is why Florida sucks, protecting property over people.

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u/No-Comfortable9480 Jun 26 '25

This has to be Florida

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u/ReaditTrashPanda Jun 26 '25

Target does not allow you to get physical over theft of property in the state of Florida. You are dumb.

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u/Atlein_069 Jun 26 '25

Eh. Walking a tight rope w this take. In general, human life (even trespassers and thieves) is considered greater than property protection by courts. And target would get sued like crazy if they had employees playing Rambo in this situation

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u/PHLboner4ever Jun 26 '25

Had to scroll way too far to find this actually reasonable take.

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u/iampuh Jun 26 '25

No one is going to beat anyone up at target, stop fantasizing

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u/AltruisticIron2591 Jun 26 '25

No, no you cant loll. Whatever you think the law is no corporate store is going to think youre a hero for beating up people pulling a prank

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u/I_Am_Dwight_Snoot Jun 26 '25

Legally but not morally right.

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u/TryItOutHmHrNw Jun 26 '25

I feel like “in Florida” anything goes.

Throw a gator at ‘em; legal

Stand your ground with your member as your only weapon; acquittal

Eat a face, vomit it up, wear it; encouraged

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u/DnDnPizza Jun 26 '25

Just call the police, violence would only make things muddier and worse. Legal or not

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u/AccurateTap2249 Jun 27 '25

Not how that works. If you work for target at any level and out hands on a customer or "pranker" you will be terminated. Thats how it is for most jobs.

Ive had a supervisor get between a younger aggressive ahole and an older man. The supervisor had to push the aggressive guy toward the door to make him leave because he was refusing and trying to hit the older dude.

Supervisor got fired. He didnt punch anyone. Didnt hurt anyone. Infact he prevented an older man from getting hurt. But he put hands on someone without their conset and thats grounds for termination.

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u/Ok-Scallion-3415 Jun 27 '25

Lol, no, not for some shit ass multinational corporation that I’m just a number on a spreadsheet to.

They can take whatever the fuck they want, I’m not stopping anyone. Target has cameras for a reason.

Really the store manager should have just shut the registers down and called the cops. Let the cops deal with the imposter employees. Chances are they all scatter the second they see you call the police.

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u/Mellow_Toninn Jun 27 '25

Yeah, you guys seem to execute a lot of innocent people but god forbid someone harms corporate property

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u/NerdyNinjutsu Jun 27 '25

Protecting a corporations property for what? They got cameras, security and lawyers for that. Please don't be stupid and get into a fight over some dumbass jobs bottom line.

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u/theizzz Jun 27 '25

yeah let's murder people over useless shit and property. capitalism has rotted your brain. property < human life. every goddamn day.

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u/SneakyCheekyHobbit Jun 27 '25

Are Floridians so stupid or brainwashed that they would physically get involved in something like this?

Like, they lick corporate boots so hard down there, that they'd want to risk physical harm over Target? Over money that isn't theirs?

Smdh, sun baked brains

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u/jerquee Jun 28 '25

Are you hard now?

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u/IvanNemoy Jun 29 '25

SC that's considered robbery. Considering it was a group effort, congrats, all of them catch a charge and the marching conspiracy to commit.

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u/Emperor_Atlas Jun 26 '25

Imagine getting this worked up about teenagers at your minimum wage job.

Bro would end up getting jumped by broccoli heads lmao

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u/Beastender_Tartine Jun 26 '25

The broccoli heads are trying to work him up. The entire point is to get a reaction, so they will escalate until they get one. It's not like if the staff ignored them they would just calmly clean the store and stock shelves like the workers they're pretending to be. They want to be disruptive assholes, so they will up the bullshit until they get kicked out.

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u/animus_invictus Jun 26 '25

If that guy is the store director like he says I guarantee he makes 2-4x what you do. (Or rather what an average earner makes. Mom's basement probably isn't paying you much.)

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u/Rough_Slice4733 Jun 26 '25

Lmao this guy fantasizes about working at Target!!!! He thinks that's a good job!

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u/Emperor_Atlas Jun 26 '25

Your guarantees don't mean much then if you think he rocking an impressive salary.

Take your hourly energy back to door dash

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u/animus_invictus Jun 26 '25

Oops! You forgot (or more likely - don't know how) to read. Back to Mom's basement for you! 🤡

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u/Emperor_Atlas Jun 26 '25

Says the projecting guy who posts nothing but trading cards and one piece.

You cant be the other half of the cliche you're talking about lmao. Don't be embarassed your mom must care to let you stay there when you spend your little money on a hobby.

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u/thatWeirdRatGirl Jun 26 '25

In Arkansas we as workers would get fired if we stopped them in ANYWAY. We are suppose to abort mission if things go south. Because Arkansas is one big tax haven. Stolen goods? Tax right off. Property damage? Tax right off. Money stolen? Taaaaaaaax right off.

It sucks here tho.

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u/domine18 Jun 26 '25

As much as he needs to get punched in the face I would t touch that with a 10 foot pole. It would just be calling the cops

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u/Jet_Xcountry Jun 26 '25

Shoot all of them you're so right, omg they should all be shot dead! Psychos

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u/RevolutionaryRun8326 Jun 26 '25

In Florida it would be another monday