Archived Items that guests ask for

[dutifulTM]

The other day a guest comes up and hands me a NicoDerm box, "I don't want this anymore." She pauses, "You don't happen to sell cigarettes here, do you?"

 

[redeye58]

"Uhhhhhhhh, no. That's WHY we sell the NicoDerm."
Guess the nicotine is fogging her brain.

 

[targetismylife09]

The other day a guest comes up and hands me a NicoDerm box, "I don't want this anymore." She pauses, "You don't happen to sell cigarettes here, do you?"

There's one New Year's resolution out the window! LOL

 

[3LetterDevil]

At our pharmacy, travel sized items are RIGHT in front of the pharmacy....today, I had a guest come up to the pharmacy counter (like where we stand to count, not the register counter) and ask "Where did you move the travel stuff?" :facepalm: I just said "Look down":tehe:

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

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Not in our store....looked today and asked....we actually don't carry them, but GTC to you for the suggestion

here is the dpci, 081-06-0320, under optical magnifier.

 

[pzychopopgroove]

Ii
here is the dpci, 081-06-0320, under optical magnifier.

Do you take home a pda and remotely connect to Target's network or something? Lol.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I had my itouch & save the number. I do love my PDA at work.

 

[redeye58]

You gadget-guy, you...

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I make sure that My folks have the latest gadgets too!

 

[babytrees]

tonight I had requests for paint thinner and a unity candle. Those are the ones that stick out...oh and the ones who are surprised that we only have a handful of Jason Wu items left.

 

[Target Chick]

My favorite is when I'm at GS and I'm asked where the bathrooms/atm/service desk is. If it's the first two, I point to my left. If it's the last, I ask, "CIHYFS?"

Yesterday, I was asked where the toilets are. I tell them where the bathrooms are and the guest just looks at me like I'm stupid. "I need a toilet." I point them in the direction of Menards, Home Depot, and Lowes. "I need a toilet." We don't sell toilets at my store, sir. Turns out, he didn't speak any English besides that.

 

[dustbunny]

I've been asked if we sold kitchen sinks.

I honestly have to wonder what people think we actually sell.

 

[Darikona]

Hotties. I told him that he was looking at one.

 

[Backtohardlines]

I've had numerous requests for paints. And most get rather peeved when I say we don't sell it. oh well. Lowe's is right there --->
I really try not to make people feel dumb... but in the last week I've had so many say "do you have xyz?" and I have to answer "it's right behind/in front of you" Seems a fog has come through our store.

 

[lovecats]

I remember one guy seemed really surprised when I told him we didn't sell cigarettes.

 

[dustbunny]

Lowe's is right there --->

haha I have a Lowe's next door as well. I always direct people there when then ask for oddball items like paint and sinks.

 

[wilwum]

I've had numerous requests for paints. And most get rather peeved when I say we don't sell it. oh well. Lowe's is right there --->
I really try not to make people feel dumb... but in the last week I've had so many say "do you have xyz?" and I have to answer "it's right behind/in front of you" Seems a fog has come through our store.

9 times out of 10 the thing they want is right in front of them.

 

[mrknownothing]

9 times out of 10 the thing they want is right in front of them.

That is, if we even sell it.

 

[3LetterDevil]

A million times daily.....q-tips! I'm tempted to grab some and keep them behind the pharmacy counter and just hand them out when people ask!

 

[mrknownothing]

A million times daily.....q-tips! I'm tempted to grab some and keep them behind the pharmacy counter and just hand them out when people ask!

If I remember correctly, my store has them on the wall right near the pharmacy window. If your store has them there too, you should make a sign with an arrow. Since guests don't read signs, when (not if, but when) someone asks you where the Q-Tips are, just point to the sign.

 

[3LetterDevil]

If I remember correctly, my store has them on the wall right near the pharmacy window. If your store has them there too, you should make a sign with an arrow. Since guests don't read signs, when (not if, but when) someone asks you where the Q-Tips are, just point to the sign.

Not at our store....they're over in cosmetics, on an inside endcap.

P HBAproduct cosmetics
H HBAproduct cosmetics
A HBAproduct cosmetics
R HBAproduct cosmetics
M HBAproduct cosmeticsQ-TIPS

 

[mrknownothing]

Not at our store....they're over in cosmetics, on an inside endcap.

P HBAproduct cosmetics
H HBAproduct cosmetics
A HBAproduct cosmetics
R HBAproduct cosmetics
M HBAproduct cosmeticsQ-TIPS

Sounds like your store has a different layout. Though I've never been in a store where the pharmacy was parallel to the aisles.

 

[skk123]

STAMPS!!! 3-5 times a day i get asked if we sell stamps. Then i get someone who tells me,"they told me you did". I'd really like to know who this mysterious "they" are.

 

[3LetterDevil]

Sounds like your store has a different layout. Though I've never been in a store where the pharmacy was parallel to the aisles.

It's not, I wrote it that way to try and show it's perpendicular....our HBA & cosmetic aisles are perpendicular, but the rest of the aisles in the store are parallel to the pharmacy....it's an older store. I couldn't get the formatting to stick, even with WYSIWYG???

 

[mrknownothing]

It's not, I wrote it that way to try and show it's perpendicular....our HBA & cosmetic aisles are perpendicular, but the rest of the aisles in the store are parallel to the pharmacy....it's an older store. I couldn't get the formatting to stick, even with WYSIWYG???

I see, said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.