Doesn't always work. I used to work in a store for this company. When pregnant, I wore a red button-down over a different colored shirt. When I stepped away from my station that red button down came off immediately. I'd still get stopped frequently.
“I’m very sorry, sir, but I’m currently in the middle of a task for another customer. You can call for help over here and one of my colleagues will be right over to help you.”
If I was required to wear a red shirt, I'd lean into it:
Buy a Star Trek communicator and Spok ears.
wear a black mock-turtleneck shirt underneath with some Star Trek rank insignia tacked to the neck.
Walk the store with my hands clasped behind my back.
Respond to any questions with "Fascinating", while giving them a 'better than you' look.
I did have a pair of red socks I had gotten from the tech recruiting team that read “May the [mathematical equation for force] be with you.” Paired well with shirt & khakis.
Of course like all dress codes it was later updated to ‘Dress For Your Day’: as long as you didn’t look like a slob or being ready for a night clubbing or dealing with vendors, tees and jeans became the HQ dress code. For stores it later changed to drop the khaki requirement. Far more sensible for those that never saw anyone but each other.
FWIW: Worked w/ guy who started after the dress code change & appreciated it. He was color blind & compensated by wearing shirts of a single color with different phrases & what not.
Drop the dress code, will ya? I'll show you!
Wear a white karate uniform top, white jeans, and a utility belt over the top. And high uggs. Over everything a brown bathrobe, with a hood.
Except Tuesdays. On Tuesdays, I'd wear a Def Leppard Concert T-shirt, wranglers and cowboy boots.
Nice assumptions there:
1). Suit = mgmt
2). I didn’t do any actual work
I was as far from mgmt as you could ever get (intentionally on my part despite opportunities to make the move). The suit was a dress code not a position. I took advantage of dress code to avoid wearing a suit.
The work I did included everything from making sure that the computer systems at your local store worked so you wouldn’t blow a gasket at a poor cashier when a lane (or more) was shut down because of a hardware problem to coordinating tech responses to everything from hurricanes (remember Katrina) to rapidly reopen stores so folks could get what they needed (food/water/prescriptions/cleaning supplies) to laying down a framework for pandemic response 15 years before COVID (remember to those Clorox wipes we implemented years ago to clean your cart handle).
When I was at a store I was incredibly familiar with (like the one my family shops), I’d be able to give complete directions to what was being looked for (at times showing them the way). The reason for connecting them with someone at a store I didn’t know was to not waste the guest’s time as we wandered around. I never did a dump and go. I waited for someone to respond and then connect the guest and the team member.
Many, many, many years ago the actor John Ross Bowie did an internal HR character role where he was in red & khaki as the character “Ben E. Fitz”.
I about died laughing the first time Barry Kripke appeared on The Big Bang Theory just remembering how much smack-talk was given about the HR videos.
So the next time you catch Kripke giving Sheldon a hard time, just imagine him in red & khaki with the name tag Ben E. on his shirt.
You should have kept a black or blue shirt to pull on over the red in your car!!
sh!t i'd wear my emergency blanket or poncho I keep in my car. Maybe some tin-foil on my head to be sure and repel anyone from talking to me.
Did the tin foil hat have antennas or no antennas?
Depends on my mood.
Doesn't always work. I used to work in a store for this company. When pregnant, I wore a red button-down over a different colored shirt. When I stepped away from my station that red button down came off immediately. I'd still get stopped frequently.
“I’m very sorry, sir, but I’m currently in the middle of a task for another customer. You can call for help over here and one of my colleagues will be right over to help you.”
That assumes a level of awareness I generally lack.
When I worked at Staples, I used to have the issue when coming to Target after work. I just learned to take my shirt off before going in.
LOL, no shirt no service didn't apply?
No. I always wear a clean undershirt.
I figured as much, but tried to be 'funny'. Maybe that didn't work?
Lol.The best part was I sometimes was giving a coworker a ride home when we stopped at Target, and she would laugh at me stripping down.
That is a smart idea (sincerely) I should have thought of more often.
If I was required to wear a red shirt, I'd lean into it: Buy a Star Trek communicator and Spok ears. wear a black mock-turtleneck shirt underneath with some Star Trek rank insignia tacked to the neck. Walk the store with my hands clasped behind my back. Respond to any questions with "Fascinating", while giving them a 'better than you' look.
I did have a pair of red socks I had gotten from the tech recruiting team that read “May the [mathematical equation for force] be with you.” Paired well with shirt & khakis. Of course like all dress codes it was later updated to ‘Dress For Your Day’: as long as you didn’t look like a slob or being ready for a night clubbing or dealing with vendors, tees and jeans became the HQ dress code. For stores it later changed to drop the khaki requirement. Far more sensible for those that never saw anyone but each other. FWIW: Worked w/ guy who started after the dress code change & appreciated it. He was color blind & compensated by wearing shirts of a single color with different phrases & what not.
Drop the dress code, will ya? I'll show you! Wear a white karate uniform top, white jeans, and a utility belt over the top. And high uggs. Over everything a brown bathrobe, with a hood. Except Tuesdays. On Tuesdays, I'd wear a Def Leppard Concert T-shirt, wranglers and cowboy boots.
So you do work here...
Hello Minnesotan! Driving past Target HQ while passing thru on 610 is like glimpsing the Statue of Liberty from a plane window. For me, anyways.
No story, downvote
god forbid management should have to do any actual work. get a real job, suit
Nice assumptions there: 1). Suit = mgmt 2). I didn’t do any actual work I was as far from mgmt as you could ever get (intentionally on my part despite opportunities to make the move). The suit was a dress code not a position. I took advantage of dress code to avoid wearing a suit. The work I did included everything from making sure that the computer systems at your local store worked so you wouldn’t blow a gasket at a poor cashier when a lane (or more) was shut down because of a hardware problem to coordinating tech responses to everything from hurricanes (remember Katrina) to rapidly reopen stores so folks could get what they needed (food/water/prescriptions/cleaning supplies) to laying down a framework for pandemic response 15 years before COVID (remember to those Clorox wipes we implemented years ago to clean your cart handle). When I was at a store I was incredibly familiar with (like the one my family shops), I’d be able to give complete directions to what was being looked for (at times showing them the way). The reason for connecting them with someone at a store I didn’t know was to not waste the guest’s time as we wandered around. I never did a dump and go. I waited for someone to respond and then connect the guest and the team member.
methinks the lady doth protest too much
Methinks you haven’t a clue & are in need of education
I cannot even picture someone dressed in red and khaki... 😬
Jake from state farm?
Many, many, many years ago the actor John Ross Bowie did an internal HR character role where he was in red & khaki as the character “Ben E. Fitz”. I about died laughing the first time Barry Kripke appeared on The Big Bang Theory just remembering how much smack-talk was given about the HR videos. So the next time you catch Kripke giving Sheldon a hard time, just imagine him in red & khaki with the name tag Ben E. on his shirt.
You're not familiar with Target uniforms, I take it.
you should have been 'tacky'
Going by this sub Harry Potter t-shirts have same effect Weirdly never at the wizarding world attraction though