Off Target

Because I live in suburbia and it’s 2012, I enjoy a trip to Target probably more than I should.

While walking through the doors of some other retailers makes me itch, Target is all nice and clean. I’m often the weirdo you see pushing and overflowing cart, as if I’ll never have another chance to come to this store that’s a 10-minute drive from home. OMG! The Bounty Select-a-Size paper towels are on sale!

But Target is kind of ticking me off right now. There is no reason Target employees should have to work on Thanksgiving. I am not an economist, but I can safely say that Target would make money this Christmas season, even if it waited until Friday to open. 


It’s too late for a retail giant like this to change its game plan for this year. I’m sorry, Target employees. It totally sucks, I know. But how about this: How about we shoppers refuse to shop on Thanksgiving? Again, not an economist, but won’t a lack of shoppers kind of deter retailers from doing this again next year?