I am looking at these clothes!

[Katharine]

I was at Target today just glancing at the clothes on sale. They have these short racks with clothes on either side. I was looking and moved my cart to the side because there wasn't much room. Two things left me scratching my head.

1) There was a woman looking at one of the racks and I approached it. The woman turns around and says very loudly, "I am looking at these clothes". Implying I couldn't look at any on the rack because she had dibs on them I guess I just went to the next one over.
2) She walks away and as she does she pulls a sweater out of my cart to look at it. She then puts it back in the cart and walks away. I was to oshocked to say anything.

Okay so I can't look at the stuff on the rack she is standing near but she can take stuff out of my cart to look at??? How does that work in her head?

[FoxPaws]

She walks away and as she does she pulls a sweater out of my cart to look at it. She then puts it back in the cart and walks away. I was to oshocked to say anything.

I am buying those clothes, could you put it back in my cart!??!?

[jfulle5]

ok wow, obviously this woman is insane. I go to target constantly and there are always people around the sale rack. It's very animal like to put dibs on things and unbelievably rude to pull anything out of your cart b/c you had "dibs" on it. I would have very loudly said "excuse me, can I help you?" because apparently she has issues....

[Cyndi]

Next time, spit on everything and call the germs as yours. See if anybody buys it then! :X

[Lady Vavasour]

She sounds mentally unstable.

[Sharnita]

Out of curiosity, Is there any way she could have mistaken you for a worker and the cart had something to do with stocking? That is the only thing I can think of.

[veryfluffy]

Some years ago I was shopping at the Harrods sale, and I spotted a little black beaded dress on the rail. Just as I was about to reach for it, someone else took it. She held it while continuing to browse...I kept an eye on her. She took some things to the changing room...I followed her and waited outside. She came out, left some things, but held onto the dress. Went to browse some more... I followed her. I don't know if she got uncomfortable being stalked, but she finally put the dress back on a rail. I grabbed it, tried it on. It was perfect, and I had it for years. Ha ha! I won!

If women had invented war, it would look a lot like a department store sale.

[jfulle5]

Some years ago I was shopping at the Harrods sale, and I spotted a little black beaded dress on the rail. Just as I was about to reach for it, someone else took it. She held it while continuing to browse...I kept an eye on her. She took some things to the changing room...I followed her and waited outside. She came out, left some things, but held onto the dress. Went to browse some more... I followed her. I don't know if she got uncomfortable being stalked, but she finally put the dress back on a rail. I grabbed it, tried it on. It was perfect, and I had it for years. Ha ha! I won!

If women had invented war, it would look a lot like a department store sale.

ha ha I do the same thing! A local boutique has a sale about 3-4 times a year where EVERYTHING is marked down from (on average) $67 to $7 or $5. People (including me) act like wolves! Stalking each other and waiting for each other to put things back...it's kind of funny but I think everyone expects it there.

[Katharine]

Out of curiosity, Is there any way she could have mistaken you for a worker and the cart had something to do with stocking? That is the only thing I can think of.

I don't believe so. When I first approached I had my headphones in and in my cart was a bunch of random stuff and only the one sweater.

[CreteGirl]

"Some years ago I was shopping at the Harrods sale, and I spotted a little black beaded dress on the rail. Just as I was about to reach for it, someone else took it. She held it while continuing to browse...I kept an eye on her. She took some things to the changing room...I followed her and waited outside. She came out, left some things, but held onto the dress. Went to browse some more... I followed her. I don't know if she got uncomfortable being stalked, but she finally put the dress back on a rail. I grabbed it, tried it on. It was perfect, and I had it for years. Ha ha! I won!"

You are a shopper-stalker!!  I greatly admire that!!  :-)

[P_Cloud]

Out of curiosity, Is there any way she could have mistaken you for a worker and the cart had something to do with stocking? That is the only thing I can think of.

This was my first thought too. Were you wearing a red shirt? lol

Not that her behavior was even remotely acceptable even if you WERE an employee!
That is just unbelievable. I can't believe someone would actually do that!

[Katharine]

No I was wearing jeans and a black button down shirt.

[sotadragon]

Out of curiosity, Is there any way she could have mistaken you for a worker and the cart had something to do with stocking? That is the only thing I can think of.

This was my first thought too. Were you wearing a red shirt? lol

Oh, believe me, you don't have to be wearing red for someone to think you work at Target.  I once wore a pink shirt with black slacks at Target and some woman asked me where the tote bags were.  I must have looked at her like she had lobsters crawling out of her ears because she looked confused and asked if I worker there.  I admit my response was a bit rude, but I was caught off guard and a bit shocked.  I said, "Pink, not red. Pink." indicating my shirt.     I felt kinda bad and still do, but come on.  The pink I was wearing was VERY different from red.

I'm surprised someone would act like that though, she really must have been nuts! 

[Clara Bow]

Nutjob much?? Good grief. I have this little water bottle full of Kitty Discipline Fluid (water) that we use to squirt the cat when she misbehaves. Would you like to take it to Target with you?

[Twik]

I suppose, after the fact, the correct response to her first comment is to smile and say, "Yes, so am I, aren't they nice?"