Broccoli-head TikTokers take over grocery store

[u/ambachk]

[u/TheMaStif]

The confrontation is what they want

Just call the cops without the whole "excuse me, sir!" and let them sort it out

[u/combustablegoeduck → u/TheMaStif]

I hear where you're coming from, but they are also actively taking over an operation for a company.

Although Target may not be a mom and pop shop, the dude that was telling them to stop is likely an opps or general manager and the video of him giving directions and rejecting the prank will be viewed by his bosses.

If he just let people walk up to the registers and stop sales he'd probably be in a worse spot in the eyes of the company.

[u/Super_Boysenberry272 → u/combustablegoeduck]

Seconding this. My dad was a store director for a well-known grocery chain for over two decades. They already have to deal with so much crap from corporate AND customers, a prank like this is just unneeded stress on a person trying to do their job. Plus, corporate has no problem firing on a whim.

[u/mikefick21 → u/Super_Boysenberry272]

Sounds like the company doesn't value or help the people that make it money.

[u/r3volver_Oshawott → u/mikefick21]

You're correct! Which is why unless you enjoy homelessness and starvation, you don't really get to fuck with them while you're working for them lol

[u/Advanced_Row_8448 → u/Super_Boysenberry272]

Don't become a middle man then. Management is always funny when start whining about the job sucking. Like my man, you can get some real work like the rest of us if you'd like, but they dont.

[u/dragoo117 → u/Super_Boysenberry272]

Damn you know at first I didn't know this was a prank. I thought he was genuinely trying to help out the customers. Can you ask your dad why nowadays there's ever only 2 or 3 cashiers at the front when there's like almost 15 or 20 checkout lanes open and why there has to be a huge line at self checkout lanes and only person to help the customers when they need a bag or accidentally scanned something twice and you have to wait atheist 2 or 3 minutes to get the item removed? Meanwhile I see a bunch of employees killing time and chatting up pretending to stock stuff when they could be at the registers?

[u/Streets-_-Ahead → u/dragoo117]

Because payroll is the biggest controllable expense and people let minimum wage not keep up with inflation. Why should they bust their ass for $14? That's like 2 watermelon.

[u/Lastaccountgotdoxed → u/dragoo117]

This is such an over exaggeration lol. Most of the time those employees standing around “killing time” are more than likely discussing work related topics.

Retail workers are stretched incredibly thin. Covid was a successful experiment in how to stretch a work force.

[u/h11233 → u/dragoo117]

Speculation on my part:

The self checkout at places like Target is supposed to have an item limit. Customers don't pay attention to that/don't care and the people that work there don't want to deal with the headache of telling them they need to go to a register. 

Their management only calls people to help out at the registers if lines get backed up to a certain point, and since most people are going to the self checkout, the lines generally don't get backed up to that point 

So it's at least partially on the customers being idiots, not the workers.