My New BFF... :)

[momma222]

So, a week or so ago, I included this on one of my postings: "I checked out at Target on Tuesday and the cashier said when I was leaving "great job on the use of your coupons"...what? I about tripped over myself as my head spun around to make sure I memorized her face for use with future cashier profiling!"

Several of you commented... and made me laugh!

Now I want to follow up. I went to Target on Saturday night and guess who was working? You guessed it! My photographic memory recognized her right away!

Keep in mind I don't use coupons for items which I don't have the product. So, cashier profiling is only to get a cashier who is friendly and doesn't look at me like I'm robbing a bank.

My total before any Q's, etc was $108.22...my OOP was $19.82. Now, that does include a $50 Target GC I received from one of the rewards/points programs, so esentially, my OOP really was $19.82. That included 35# of sugar on clearance, 3 packages of pork loin chops on clearance, 32# of cat food, 6 packages of Zyrtec, etc, etc.

The cashier did compliment me again on using my coupons to my best benefit! Wasn't that sweet?

Now, what I got to wondering later is...how did she get thru the Target interview process? You know the first questions they ask are:
1. Do you use coupons? If the answer is "yes", they are history.
2. Are you nice or will you be nice to people who use coupons? Answer: "yes"...gone.
3. Are you helpful and friendly to people who use coupons? Answer: "yes" - see ya! Out the door you go.
4. As a cashier, will you always be right and the customer using coupons always wrong? Answer: "yes"...you may have a future at Target.
5. When people use coupons, do you think they are trying to "get away with something" or do you equate it to robbing a bank? Answer: "yes" - move to Interview #2...closer to being hired as a new Target cashier!

Somehow she got thru the process...there may be hope for Target yet!

(You might have come across a little bit of sarcasm when reading this.)

[SAHM]

I think it is so funny, well not really, but odd I guess...that people have so much trouble at target. I worked there in high school and I never once turned down a coupon (unless they didn't even buy it at all). I will say though that in my cashier trainning we never really talked about coupons beyond where to store them. I was trainned in guest service too and I still don't remember talking about coupons much in that trainning either. Maybe just because they don't focus on it they don't know and therefore refuse? I always tried really hard to make the people happy and so did 99% of my managers and co workers. Wonder why our store was so different...
I have 2 ladies at my Walmart that I go to regularly if I can. One is awesome and cheers me on and talks with me. The other is indifferent which is totally fine with me!

By the way... You can use target cards in a transaction 2 seconds later if you want. If you split your order up so that you buy everything that will give you a giftcard in one batch, then everything else in the next you can save yourself from fronting some money

[Qouponguy]

Wow what great experiences! I shop at Target pretty regularly but have never had anyone so enthusiastic!

You should write a letter about your positive experiences to management.

[Coupon_Addict]

So, a week or so ago, I included this on one of my postings: "I checked out at Target on Tuesday and the cashier said when I was leaving "great job on the use of your coupons"...what? I about tripped over myself as my head spun around to make sure I memorized her face for use with future cashier profiling!"

Several of you commented... and made me laugh!

Now I want to follow up. I went to Target on Saturday night and guess who was working? You guessed it! My photographic memory recognized her right away!

Keep in mind I don't use coupons for items which I don't have the product. So, cashier profiling is only to get a cashier who is friendly and doesn't look at me like I'm robbing a bank.

My total before any Q's, etc was $108.22...my OOP was $19.82. Now, that does include a $50 Target GC I received from one of the rewards/points programs, so esentially, my OOP really was $19.82. That included 35# of sugar on clearance, 3 packages of pork loin chops on clearance, 32# of cat food, 6 packages of Zyrtec, etc, etc.

The cashier did compliment me again on using my coupons to my best benefit! Wasn't that sweet?

Now, what I got to wondering later is...how did she get thru the Target interview process? You know the first questions they ask is:
1. Do you use coupons? If the answer is "yes", they are history.
2. Are you nice or will you be nice to people who use coupons? Answer: "yes"...gone.
3. Are you helpful and friendly to people who use coupons? Answer: "yes" - see ya! Out the door you go.
4. As a cashier, will you always be right and the customer using coupons always wrong? Answer: "yes"...you may have a future at Target.
5. When people use coupons, do you think they are trying to "get away with something" or do you equate it to robbing a bank? Answer: "yes" - move to Interview #2...closer to being hired as a new Target cashier!

Somehow she got thru the process...there may be hope for Target yet!

great post! interesting to hear. i went thru a 1st & 2nd interview with target & never got asked any questions about coupons...maybe because it's not as heavy here?

[PattyCake]

Momma222, This is too funny!! You should send a copy of it to the corporate offices!

[momma222]

Yep, sometimes that sarcasm flowing thru me needs an outlet. Glad you enjoyed. You should see the letter I wrote to Stream Energy and the PUC. They credited my almost $200 in no time. I was really on a roll that day after being disconnected 3 or 4 times, on hold and passed from person to person up the food chain! I still get requests from friends to "send them a copy". Maybe I should send it on the "email circuit". Something to think about. That reminds me...we are all about saving money on here...with deregulation coming to more states, we should probably be comparing more notes on the subject of electric companies.

I may just have to take yours and Qouponguy's advice and jot Target Management/Corporate a little note...or just copy and paste.

[flaquitamami]

Too funny! Great to hear you found a good cashier, hopefully she sticks around. At my local Target there is an older lady who gets more excited than I do about seeing my before and after coupon totals. She is really sweet and always tells me I did a great job and should be proud that I am saving my family so much money. I wish we could clone her and put one of her in every store!