According to the mostly positive reviews here I think I must just be getting severely unlucky with this Target location. EVERY time I go it manages to consistently be a nightmare.
First off, it's a mess.
I will totally give credit where credit is due - It's gotten much, much better since the recent remodel.
My husband and I come from Minnesota where Target corporate calls home. The Target stores there are immaculately kept and rightly so with possible surprise visits from corporate. So maybe we were spoiled but prior to remodel, we'd come to this location in the afternoon on our days off and already and the aisles were a mess!
Toy aisle - dolls were knocked over, toys were actually laying in the aisle.
Shoes - don't even get me started.
Seasonal - Shelves were not straightened at all and were cluttered with various other items customers decided they didn't want and abandoned.
Clearance ends were packed on and over flowing and if you dared to grab one item, about three others came tumbling off the shelf.
This was not pleasing to the eye but it doesn't "make or break" a store for me. I think what consistently makes this store such a pain for my husband and I is the customer service. This is where this store really fails.
Even with the nice, brand spanking new remodel, this store manages to only have one to two checkout lanes open with a line of about six or seven customers angrily awaiting at each. I've even been there during the morning/early afternoon hours hoping against all hope that they'd have more lanes open. Nope! I don't think I've EVER seen an express lane open in the 6 months we've shopped here.
The worst was my last visit there when I went in there for a can of soup and there was only ONE lane open at 12:30 in the afternoon!
Another lane I guess was open but didn't have it's light on. One customer, a lady, got pissed and openly yelled, "Could you call for back-up cashiers PLEASE?!" to the manager and sort of took charge.
Lastly, the employees I have dealt with are not pleasant at all. I understand that it's probably a part-time job for them and they hear the dumbest complaints from customers but come on! I don't expect them to roll out the red carpet for me and kiss my hand but would a a simple acknowledgment or a "Hello!" and "Have a nice day" with a little smile kill anyone?
When I came for that can of soup, the girl was so busy giggling and messing around with her coworker and dropping customer left items all over the floor that I stood there for about 3 minutes, patiently waiting for her to ring up ONE CAN OF SOUP! ...Really? I paid with cash so in reality it would have taken probably thirty seconds to a minute to just ring up the darn soup !
I could go on with the horrible employee interactions we've suffered at this location but I think this is long enough as it is. It's a matter of convenience for us that we keep visiting this location but with consistently bad customer service and long lines, I have to plead with my husband to go to the Whittier location. Perhaps we'll try West Covina instead. This Target got an overhaul which was good, now your employees need a serious attitude check. I wish we had better visits with this store because it's so close but as it stands now? I think I would rather enjoy beating myself in the head repeatedly with a frying pan rather than shopping here. read more