Today, I went into Target's dressing rooms to try some pants on, leaving my full cart outside. An employee thought it had been left there, and took it to put the stuff back. My coat, hat, gloves were in it. I had to walk home. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was trying on some clothes in the store's changing room, when someone reached under the door and grabbed my purse, shoes, and pants. FML
Today, I went to the grocery store, but once I'd filled my cart, I realized that I'd forgotten my wallet, and because I'm not the sort of animal who just dumps stuff in random aisles, I had to awkwardly put all my items back on their shelves. FML
Today, I realized the dress I bought yesterday still had the security tag on. I returned to the store to get it removed, only to realize I'd lost my receipt. The lady at the counter thought I stole it, called security, and had me escorted out, dress-less. FML
Today, I was grocery shopping when I left my cart to grab an item. I returned, and started pushing the cart again. Halfway through the store, a furious lady confronted me, demanding her cart back. I had to walk back in shame to find my own actual cart, which was now nowhere to be found. FML
Today, while trying on an outfit in the dressing room at the mall, I got locked in. I decided to take 5 minutes to try and get out by crawling under the door. After I got out, I realized I left my cell phone, my purse and my pants inside. FML
Today, I walked two miles to the store, filled my cart with groceries, and got to the cashier… only to find I had forgotten my wallet. I tried to explain but got the nastiest stank-eye from the cashier, the manager, and everyone in line behind me. I walked two miles home, hungry and embarrassed. FML
Today, I went to the supermarket to buy my weekly groceries and only realized after a long queue at the checkout, then having the cashier scan my entire cart, that I'd forgotten my purse. I had to leave everything behind and walk out empty-handed, while everyone in line behind me gave me dirty looks. FML
Today, I went to the store, but after I'd selected my items, I saw that I'd forgotten my wallet. When I tried to explain to the cashier, he thought that I was trying to steal and called the cops. My roommate had to come to the store to save me. FML
Today, I accidentally left the tag on the new pants that I wore to work. Nobody had brought it to my attention for the whole day until finally, before I was about to go home, every single employee and my boss let me know by yelling in unison and laughing as I left the building. FML
Today, I stopped at a supermarket after work and put my reusable bags on the counter while I paid. When I got home, I realized I'd left the bags at the checkout. I went back, and they were still there. Nobody had touched them. I felt strangely lucky and embarrassed at the same time. FML
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fisheatsbear 6
so you just left your stuff... There's such a thing as asking for a manager
Pocahontas22_fml 0
Uh, why didn't you ask an employee for your stuff back?? you're dumb for just leaving..
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sarah48_fml 0
op you are an idiot.. listen to someone who works at target- we all have radios. find any employee and they will call around to the team who works in the clothing section, and you will get your shit back.. really? it's probably in lost found. ydi
Euphemism 0
What's the point to explain all that, when you already know the OP is idiot?
sarah48_fml 0
dramatic effect, of course. we are all attention ****** right? we have to make our comments stick out- from trolling, to grammar nazis, to clever puns, to stating the obvious, to sexual harassment.
tashaburr 0
LOVE this reply =] Everyone LOOK AT ME! *Ahem* Now get back to your every day lives.
Pocahontas22_fml 0
Sarah..so true!! your comments are always interesting to read lol
SamSayzRAWRZ 0
Thats why you keep your stuff with you ALL the time.
IneffableLullaby 13
Wow, you're a smart one...[/sarcasm] It's just common sense to take all your personal items in the dressing room with you if you have no one to watch your cart for you. Sorry, OP, but you deserve it. :/
akaashR 0
Thats what happens when you shop at any American franchise. expect to get blamed, ripped off and have bad service shoveled down your throat.
yummcookie 0
obviously if it was YOYR stuff they couldn't put it back, so why didn't you ask the manager or find this employee? YDI for being an idiot.
RayeofSunshine 0
I have to agree with a lot of others...why not go to customer service and tell them your cart and belongings are missing? If your belongings aren't retrievable then you complain to customer service and demand your items be replaced. And while you're at it, complain about their incompetent employee who couldn't figure out a cart with personal items in it doesn't need to be put away. Unless you open your mouth, you deserve it.
vbmg152 19
This happened to me! However, I didn't leave my personal belongings in the cart!! I know better!! Anyway, when shopping alone, I keep a piece of notebook paper in my purse, in black sharpie I have written on it "Do not reshop cart"!! It works!! My cart is left alone while I do whatever I need to! Always keep your personal belongings with you so they dint get stolen!!! I agree with everyone else, you should check lost & found for your items!
uh_durrr 0
I hate it when my keyboard is broken and instead of periods it types exclamation points! At the end of every sentence! Hooray!! OP, this is a good life lesson; always keep an eye on your personal belongings.
rattusrattus 19
Don't they have places for trolleys and things in changing areas? All the supermarketswith clothes sections I know of do.
uh_durrr 0
With all the accommodations to fat people we have to make, you would think there would be enough room for a regular-size person and a cart in every changing room. If Fattie McChubster can't squeeze in on an electric scooter, well that's grounds for a lawsuit for discrimination. God bless America.
GRyphonLJJ 0
Carts are not allowed in dressing rooms to deter theft. Target always has employees manning the dressing area. If the cart went missing that is the first person OP should have asked for their stuff back. That employee knows exactly who, if anyone, took the cart to restock.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
Target does not "always" have people in the dressing room area. I have been to a couple of Target stores where if you need help in the clothing section you have to use one of those little red phones to call for it. Otherwise, you just enter and leave the dressing rooms freely. It is entirely dependent on the which Target store you are at.
MidnightMusic53 37
Not entirely true, 65. I work at Target back at the Fitting Rooms, and we actually do not like it when shoppers walk into the Fitting Rooms without first seeing the Fitting Room attendant. You're not really supposed to enter the Fitting Rooms freely, the security likes us to get a good look at everyone who goes in and count their items so that when we check the Fitting Rooms for any tags that were removed from merchandise, we can single out who may have removed the tags. While it's not posted not to enter, you're really not supposed to just go on in there. It may look like there's no Fitting Room Attendant at times, but there Always is as long as there's a Fitting Room in the store. They tend to make us move around the clothing area to tidy up and put things away, so we're not always at the booth, and depending on how far we are, depends on if we can get there before you. Usually, we can't, and we get in trouble if we do not finish doing our assigned duties, so not every attendant will return to the Fitting Rooms to wait for you to exit.
califbob 3
Screw People of Wal*Mart! Bring on People of Target!!!
xx_Lizzy_xx 3
I don't get it, weren't the coat etc your personal stuff? Then how come the employee put them back on the shelves? Was all the stuff you were wearing being sold at the moment in one shop? And why didn't you ask the employees to get your things back from were they put them? Perhaps I sound like an idiot but i live in Malta and one store in america is the size of a mall in malta.
rockyraccoon28 8
that's what I was thinking. who grabs a cart, looks in and sees a coat and purse and stuff and says, "hmm, that's odd. these things aren't sold here and thus purse is full. ah well, this coat will go in the coat section anyways"
rockyraccoon28 8
this*