16 Hilarious Times People Made The Mistake Of Wearing Red To Target
We’ve all wandered the aisles of our favorite stores slightly lost until we see the familiar uniform of an employee, there to save us. One of the most infamous uniforms from these superstores is that of the Target employee, a simple red shirt paired with khaki pants. Well, unwittingly, more people than you might imagine have wandered into the big red store only to realize that they were wearing the exact uniform of the employees and we are here with a list of their cautionary tales.
Whether it was a sweater, T-shirt or even a polo, these customers quickly became employees and all just for wearing the wrong outfit that day. Scroll down below to see some hilarious stories of people who put a ‘target’ on their back by wearing red!
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Share on FacebookI always look for a nametag and company logo when looking for help. Unless it's just to reach for something on the shelf, then it's whoever is closest and higher than me.
That's not true. It's how I met my ex-boyfriend! :)
Load More Replies...Before I had a "smart phone" I went to several stores with a list of what I buy on a clipboard to do some price comparisons. I was wearing a ratty old t-shirt, jeans, and a blue camo boonie hat and was trailed by my four little kids, but that didn't stop people from thinking the lady with the clipboard was an employee.
Everyone is missing the big question - why are people so confused in target and trying to be rescued so bad there? It sounds like people are so out of place that all it takes is a red shirt
I work in a grocery store. The other day I had 4 people in 15 minutes ask me where vinegar is. People are helpless. We have signs above the aisles. I'm more than happy to help, even if it's an obscure item. But it can get annoying when I'm on the clock, trying to stock product & im pulled away by 10 people and not allowed to have overtime but still have to finish what I'm doing.
Load More Replies...I walked into Target wearing a red shirt once. Older guy asked me for help. I told him I didn't work there. He went into an angry rant & then followed me around the store while I shopped. Then he found a manager & tried to get me fired. It was quite hilarious.
Why are so many people asking questions at Target? Can no one find anything or is it just laziness?
This happens in Canada all the time. Random people will ask me in a store: "How do I find X?" It's intrinsic to help. If people see a friendly face, they will ask. We had Target for a while here, but I never experienced that. In a home reno store yes. I guess I knew enough to answer the question about hand tools.
I get mistaken for a store employee all the time. Get asked for assistance just about every time I go shopping. Once had a store manager ask me if I could check out some customers. Have never worked in retail a day in my life (was a newspaper reporter with a side gig as a mechanic, now work for the courts).
This happened to my dad once when he wore khaki type clothes to petland and people kept asking him where stuff was
My husband used to wear ridiculous tacky Hawaiian shirts on the weekends, until one day he was at Trader Joe's and kept getting asked for help. ( back when his English was still pretty bad, so he was so confused about what people were asking him) I found him giggling in front of the pasta shelf, with an old woman asking him where the pesto was...
Happens to my friends all the time. I'm really short so I don't get mistaken :).
LOL I have been mistaken for an employee at walmart or MEijer quite a few times ...Not eve wearing anything remotely like their dress code or uniforms doing my own shopping... sometimes with a cart and most times I just have an arm load of stuff... people will come up and ask me questions all the time :) Most of the time I help them because I am familiar with the stores but I preface it with "I don't work here but..." then you get the rude a**holes that I decide to be rude back to :D those are fun... what is fun is when you are dressed in business attire and get mistaken for a walmart employee LOL
On the bright side...you can get a job without submitting a resume or stressing over an interview. ;)
Had that happen to me when I wore a red knit vest...was stopped and asked for help. I said I don't work here but I helped them anyway.
I used to work at a mini golf place where we had to wear a blue polo shirt and khaki pants. A few times after work I would stop at Target because it was close by. I cannot tell you how many times I would get stopped by people asking me if I worked there or where something was. I would look at them, look down at my BLUE polo shirt, then look at them again while saying "Um, I don't work here."
This ya happened to me. I never payed attention to their uniforms and went before morning class. It was an experience.
Wow! How much shoplifting has gone on with theif wearing a Red or Blue polo and khakis and a partner? "Just helping a customer load this big/heavy item in their car."
I once decided to book into an airport lounge on a connecting long haul flight -- they all wore black shirts. I stopped a man who looked like he worked there to ask a question and he got so offended at first - but then he noticed he was dressed like the workers...he reluctantly answered my question. Lol.
I go food shopping in sweat pants, a tee shirt & a hat on, & other customers ask me where things are. They usually realize I don't work there after I help them. I tell them it's fine, I coupon & know where everything is anyway.
I used to work at cvs. When I was out on the floor, in my uniform, nametag on, obviously working I would still get asked "do you work here?" Nope... I just restock shelves and setup endcaps for fun. Everyday.
In England and Ireland there is a chain of shops called Argos. It's a shop where you choose what you want from a large catalogue and each item is numbered and then you take the item number to the check out and they get what you want from the warehouse out the back. Their uniform is similar to Target's, a red top and black trousers. I was in our local one during the summer and a man (customer) was there looking through the catalogue. While he was there a few people asked him for something and getting tired of this he said "do I look like I work here?" He actually did as he too was wearing a red top and black trousers.
This really makes me want to wear a red shirt and khaki pants to Target lol
I hope the person who was given a name badge and put on checkout, i he got paid
Y'all I was wearing jeans, sandals, and a blue shirt with Eeyore on it a some dude started asking me where stuff was at Target
I've learned the hard way not to wear my work shirt, usually a polo and it doesn't matter which company I'm working for at the time, when I go shopping if I can help it, always have people assuming I'm an employee and then getting upset if I can't help them, though I will try if they're polite and I actually know where it is, otherwise I try to help them find an actual employee for that store
I'm suddenly feeling grateful that red doesn't work with my skin tone, so I hardly ever wear it!
Where I come from, it's pretty normal to ask people, i.e. the other costumers, around you where to find certain things or help you reach stuff.
That's one way to get a job. A risky way, but still works.
I worked at Hancock Fabrics before they went belly up, and their uniform was khaki slacks and a red or black polo. Soooo many times I'd run into Target after my shift to pick up milk, and get stopped. Best thing to do was smile and explain, "Sorry, I work at Hancock up the road. Yes, our uniforms are almost identical." People were good about it, we'd share a laugh, and that was it. Sometimes they'd even ask me product questions about MY store!
In Switzerland, zurich exactly, they made once a video where someone dressed up as a cop at the lake and spoke to people to go the other wsy because of funny reasons and they all belived him even the reasons are stupid xD (f.e. he said they cant walk here because its only for adults or its a new law that forbidds to walk both ways etc.)
Targets out here have red button up aloha print shirts. But I don't own red tops so it never happens to me there. However I did go into a Ben Franklin's once and got stopped by someone. They wear blue polos. I was wearing a blue sheer, long sleeve running top with a tank underneath, had my bag slung across me, and I was wearing earbuds. This lady stops me, I realize she's trying to ask me something so I take out an earbud like "what?" and she goes "Oh sorry do you work here?". I was so annoyed because even with the same color top, everything else about me screamed I DO NOT WORK HERE 😂
I'm a job coach and I work with individuals with disabilities at their jobs. I have one person who does recovery work at a store, finding and returning misplaced items. If the store is pretty wrecked, I'll help them out by straightening up a section or returning items for them. I get asked all the time if I work there even though I'm usually wearing jeans, a shirt that's not green, and have no name tag. If my person is right there next to me, I'll send customers over to them. Otherwise, I will answer their questions.
My husband used to work at a computer repair shop. They had polos made up with the company name on them. My husband hated wearing them, but they were just the right size that our son wore them. Now it's obvious my son has autism, but people would recognize the emblem and approach him with questions about problems they were having with their computer. Most of the time, I would tell them he's autistic if they didn't automatically reach that conclusion on their own. But the rude ones, I just let my son answer some sort of jibberish on what they should do..and they'd believe him...... My son knows how to use a computer..not fix one. The nice ones I'd direct to my husbands shop.
What ya expect when you go in store dressing like that, you know you're getting get Target.
It's like getting a target painted on your back. You're getting targeted by the customers and staff. Targets' target should be to have enough employees so that the customers don't bother each other.
Load More Replies...Reminded me of this Improv Everywhere prank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgUIbPfhSuo
My best one was after work when I was shopping at the supermarket in the mall, whose uniforms are blue, I was asked by 2 different customers for help. I was wearing the bright red uniform of the very well-known chain store in my country.
I've had the reverse of this happen. I used to work in a supermarket, and their uniform is a pretty distinctive combination of two different colours. One day, I was putting out some new stock, and a guy came up to me and asked if I worked there. Bear in mind that no other business has a uniform like that one, nor can you buy the style/colouring yourself without having it specifically made to match the uniform. So naturally, my response was to tell the guy "No, I just really like wearing the uniform. It makes me feel important. The name tag isn't mine, either, but people do a double take when they see a guy wearing a tag that reads 'Shannon', and their confusion makes me laugh."
I always look for a nametag and company logo when looking for help. Unless it's just to reach for something on the shelf, then it's whoever is closest and higher than me.
That's not true. It's how I met my ex-boyfriend! :)
Load More Replies...Before I had a "smart phone" I went to several stores with a list of what I buy on a clipboard to do some price comparisons. I was wearing a ratty old t-shirt, jeans, and a blue camo boonie hat and was trailed by my four little kids, but that didn't stop people from thinking the lady with the clipboard was an employee.
Everyone is missing the big question - why are people so confused in target and trying to be rescued so bad there? It sounds like people are so out of place that all it takes is a red shirt
I work in a grocery store. The other day I had 4 people in 15 minutes ask me where vinegar is. People are helpless. We have signs above the aisles. I'm more than happy to help, even if it's an obscure item. But it can get annoying when I'm on the clock, trying to stock product & im pulled away by 10 people and not allowed to have overtime but still have to finish what I'm doing.
Load More Replies...I walked into Target wearing a red shirt once. Older guy asked me for help. I told him I didn't work there. He went into an angry rant & then followed me around the store while I shopped. Then he found a manager & tried to get me fired. It was quite hilarious.
Why are so many people asking questions at Target? Can no one find anything or is it just laziness?
This happens in Canada all the time. Random people will ask me in a store: "How do I find X?" It's intrinsic to help. If people see a friendly face, they will ask. We had Target for a while here, but I never experienced that. In a home reno store yes. I guess I knew enough to answer the question about hand tools.
I get mistaken for a store employee all the time. Get asked for assistance just about every time I go shopping. Once had a store manager ask me if I could check out some customers. Have never worked in retail a day in my life (was a newspaper reporter with a side gig as a mechanic, now work for the courts).
This happened to my dad once when he wore khaki type clothes to petland and people kept asking him where stuff was
My husband used to wear ridiculous tacky Hawaiian shirts on the weekends, until one day he was at Trader Joe's and kept getting asked for help. ( back when his English was still pretty bad, so he was so confused about what people were asking him) I found him giggling in front of the pasta shelf, with an old woman asking him where the pesto was...
Happens to my friends all the time. I'm really short so I don't get mistaken :).
LOL I have been mistaken for an employee at walmart or MEijer quite a few times ...Not eve wearing anything remotely like their dress code or uniforms doing my own shopping... sometimes with a cart and most times I just have an arm load of stuff... people will come up and ask me questions all the time :) Most of the time I help them because I am familiar with the stores but I preface it with "I don't work here but..." then you get the rude a**holes that I decide to be rude back to :D those are fun... what is fun is when you are dressed in business attire and get mistaken for a walmart employee LOL
On the bright side...you can get a job without submitting a resume or stressing over an interview. ;)
Had that happen to me when I wore a red knit vest...was stopped and asked for help. I said I don't work here but I helped them anyway.
I used to work at a mini golf place where we had to wear a blue polo shirt and khaki pants. A few times after work I would stop at Target because it was close by. I cannot tell you how many times I would get stopped by people asking me if I worked there or where something was. I would look at them, look down at my BLUE polo shirt, then look at them again while saying "Um, I don't work here."
This ya happened to me. I never payed attention to their uniforms and went before morning class. It was an experience.
Wow! How much shoplifting has gone on with theif wearing a Red or Blue polo and khakis and a partner? "Just helping a customer load this big/heavy item in their car."
I once decided to book into an airport lounge on a connecting long haul flight -- they all wore black shirts. I stopped a man who looked like he worked there to ask a question and he got so offended at first - but then he noticed he was dressed like the workers...he reluctantly answered my question. Lol.
I go food shopping in sweat pants, a tee shirt & a hat on, & other customers ask me where things are. They usually realize I don't work there after I help them. I tell them it's fine, I coupon & know where everything is anyway.
I used to work at cvs. When I was out on the floor, in my uniform, nametag on, obviously working I would still get asked "do you work here?" Nope... I just restock shelves and setup endcaps for fun. Everyday.
In England and Ireland there is a chain of shops called Argos. It's a shop where you choose what you want from a large catalogue and each item is numbered and then you take the item number to the check out and they get what you want from the warehouse out the back. Their uniform is similar to Target's, a red top and black trousers. I was in our local one during the summer and a man (customer) was there looking through the catalogue. While he was there a few people asked him for something and getting tired of this he said "do I look like I work here?" He actually did as he too was wearing a red top and black trousers.
This really makes me want to wear a red shirt and khaki pants to Target lol
I hope the person who was given a name badge and put on checkout, i he got paid
Y'all I was wearing jeans, sandals, and a blue shirt with Eeyore on it a some dude started asking me where stuff was at Target
I've learned the hard way not to wear my work shirt, usually a polo and it doesn't matter which company I'm working for at the time, when I go shopping if I can help it, always have people assuming I'm an employee and then getting upset if I can't help them, though I will try if they're polite and I actually know where it is, otherwise I try to help them find an actual employee for that store
I'm suddenly feeling grateful that red doesn't work with my skin tone, so I hardly ever wear it!
Where I come from, it's pretty normal to ask people, i.e. the other costumers, around you where to find certain things or help you reach stuff.
That's one way to get a job. A risky way, but still works.
I worked at Hancock Fabrics before they went belly up, and their uniform was khaki slacks and a red or black polo. Soooo many times I'd run into Target after my shift to pick up milk, and get stopped. Best thing to do was smile and explain, "Sorry, I work at Hancock up the road. Yes, our uniforms are almost identical." People were good about it, we'd share a laugh, and that was it. Sometimes they'd even ask me product questions about MY store!
In Switzerland, zurich exactly, they made once a video where someone dressed up as a cop at the lake and spoke to people to go the other wsy because of funny reasons and they all belived him even the reasons are stupid xD (f.e. he said they cant walk here because its only for adults or its a new law that forbidds to walk both ways etc.)
Targets out here have red button up aloha print shirts. But I don't own red tops so it never happens to me there. However I did go into a Ben Franklin's once and got stopped by someone. They wear blue polos. I was wearing a blue sheer, long sleeve running top with a tank underneath, had my bag slung across me, and I was wearing earbuds. This lady stops me, I realize she's trying to ask me something so I take out an earbud like "what?" and she goes "Oh sorry do you work here?". I was so annoyed because even with the same color top, everything else about me screamed I DO NOT WORK HERE 😂
I'm a job coach and I work with individuals with disabilities at their jobs. I have one person who does recovery work at a store, finding and returning misplaced items. If the store is pretty wrecked, I'll help them out by straightening up a section or returning items for them. I get asked all the time if I work there even though I'm usually wearing jeans, a shirt that's not green, and have no name tag. If my person is right there next to me, I'll send customers over to them. Otherwise, I will answer their questions.
My husband used to work at a computer repair shop. They had polos made up with the company name on them. My husband hated wearing them, but they were just the right size that our son wore them. Now it's obvious my son has autism, but people would recognize the emblem and approach him with questions about problems they were having with their computer. Most of the time, I would tell them he's autistic if they didn't automatically reach that conclusion on their own. But the rude ones, I just let my son answer some sort of jibberish on what they should do..and they'd believe him...... My son knows how to use a computer..not fix one. The nice ones I'd direct to my husbands shop.
What ya expect when you go in store dressing like that, you know you're getting get Target.
It's like getting a target painted on your back. You're getting targeted by the customers and staff. Targets' target should be to have enough employees so that the customers don't bother each other.
Load More Replies...Reminded me of this Improv Everywhere prank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgUIbPfhSuo
My best one was after work when I was shopping at the supermarket in the mall, whose uniforms are blue, I was asked by 2 different customers for help. I was wearing the bright red uniform of the very well-known chain store in my country.
I've had the reverse of this happen. I used to work in a supermarket, and their uniform is a pretty distinctive combination of two different colours. One day, I was putting out some new stock, and a guy came up to me and asked if I worked there. Bear in mind that no other business has a uniform like that one, nor can you buy the style/colouring yourself without having it specifically made to match the uniform. So naturally, my response was to tell the guy "No, I just really like wearing the uniform. It makes me feel important. The name tag isn't mine, either, but people do a double take when they see a guy wearing a tag that reads 'Shannon', and their confusion makes me laugh."
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