This must be the Great Great Great Grandmother of all Target nightmares, accompanied by the Great Aunt, whom I will introduce first. The Super Target near us in the Bronx is "off Broadway" in more than one way! The lone trip we made there in August 2008 was for college purchases, household and pet goods, plus food. We had been told that it was not open until midnight or 24-hours, befitting a true "super" store. Here's the biggie. Not only did we have to change lines three times more than an hour before store closing, due to registers closing, but I had to rail "Enough!" to get us through check out. A sympathetic, overworked cashier who was supposed to be "off the clock" continued to complete sales for others and us. (My late father was right to leave merchandise at such a useless mercantile where it took more time to pay than shop. Trust me; I do the same often.) Because a few items rang up higher than the sale price, we then went to "Customer Service" so as not to tax the underpaid youth further. Besides, no manager was contactable to relieve or assist him or his peers. Then, at "Customer Service", we had to repurchase the overcharged items, minus all change due, because they ran out of coins! Corraling a young manager near the exit included several employee interruptions. We promised to never go there again.

Surprise! Here's Grammaw! Our trusting Ivy League graduate thought it be safe to swim in the jaws of Target again, so she bought more items online for grad school. It turned out to be mostly used junk from their return centers,and not the new merchanise advertised online. For over five months we have been haggling with them to pick it up and refund the money. Some technologically challenged rube in the WVa (one of my beloved places on earth) ECR office claims she cannot see the photos we sent online from Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and the original cell phone source. She expects us to spend more money to get B/W copies made and faxes sent before we can be "helped further". The BBB in Minneapolis also got these first (months before), as did the ECR office there, and neither acknowledged receipt. Now, we await any feedback from the offices you provided, before complaining to the attorneys general and governor's office in the maze of states connected to this shoddy merchandise. By the way, UPS and college officials agreed to on-site pick up the items before Halloween, as long as Target pays for this. Then, Target became "unable to open" the picture files!

Thanks now I can call and complain how my Target store sucks and how my boss doesn't work with my scheduel and that the A.P. would rather watch me kicking empty boxes on tape than catch the people stealing MP3 players.

hahhaha I totally thought that was Alec Baldwin when scrolling down.

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@blue_duck: Stupid freezing computer!

I personally think that if you squint he looks more like Tom Bergeron.

I think that if you squint he looks more like Tom Bergeron, personally...

He does look like Alec Baldwin! I thought it was at first.

Guess my contact lens prescription is expired. I need a refill.

WHY?