Archived Target terms you hate

[Retail Girl]

Ok, we all know Target has a million different terms and sayings to match nearly every word in the dictionary. And most of them I can live with. But there are some that make me want to scream every time I hear them. So, I want to know...what term makes you shudder and want to rebel against every time you hear it?

I'll start:

"Finish the day."

Ugh...I do finish the day every damn day at midnight. Then a new day begins, no matter what I did or did not accomplish the day before.

 

[Rarejem]

I will neverneverNEVER figure out how being in compliance is a bad thing. Shouldn't we be in compliance? Wouldn't NONcompliance be bad?

 

[paidtosmile]

Ironically enough, the term "term/termed" haha.

 

[commiecorvus]

Opportunity.
As a negative.
Screw you Spot.

 

[Retail Girl]

Yes, the compliance one I have wondered about myself.

Come clean also makes me shudder...what ever happened to "we finished?"

And I've heard "opportunity" used in other jobs, but never nearly to the overkill Spot does!

 

[Rarejem]

I also find it rather ironic that being red is a negative since red is supposed to be associated with Target.

 

[antivibe]

Opportunity/Strengths - Not exactly created by Target, but they overuse these words.
Vibe it - Instead of saying "yeah, go ahead and change the price/put the item on hold/accept the coupon" I hear "vibe it!"
Resilient/adaptable - Again not terms created by Target, but I hear them everyday I work.

The one thing that annoys me is when TMs talk to customers in Target lingo.
Customer: "Do you have X item?"
Team member: "Yeah that item is in domestics. It's past softlines and it's somewhat close to seasonal. It should be on a sidecap by the back endcap.
Now if you gave me the DPCI I could tell you the exact location, I would just have to get my PDA. Wait you want to price match that item too?
Let me ask my LOD or my GSTL."

My favorite Target term is QMOS. I just like the sound of it. QMOS.

 

[BRguy]

"Can I help you find something?" Proper English will tell you "May I help you find something?"

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

I also find it rather ironic that being red is a negative since red is supposed to be associated with Target.

Opportunity.
As a negative.
Screw you Spot.

 

[Retail Girl]

Yes! I love the "word" QMOS!

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Amazing!

 

[Rarejem]

I've heard "opportunity" used in other jobs, but never nearly to the overkill Spot does!

It's so funny that when they tell us that someone is no longer working at Target they always use the phrase "seeking other opportunities". Really? Are they going to other places of business to identify their problems?
(We always know that those are folks that did not leave voluntarily.)

 

[mxrbook]

I want to talk to you, not status with you. I want to do my job, not manage my business. I want to be successful, not drive for results. And does your team call *in* or call *out*?

 

[Retail Girl]

I want to talk to you, not status with you. I want to do my job, not manage my business. I want to be successful, not drive for results. And does your team call *in* or call *out*?

Or call off....

 

[mxrbook]

We got a list of Target vocab to use in writing TM's reviews. "Be sure you use the proper terminology so that our TMs are familiar with TargetSpeak. It helps with development." hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[oath2order]

Team member: "Yeah that item is in domestics. It's past softlines and it's somewhat close to seasonal. It should be on a sidecap by the back endcap.

Maybe it's just my store but most guests I dealt with know what the endcap is.

 

[mrknownothing]

"Can I help you find something?" Proper English will tell you "May I help you find something?"

This. Using "can" is not necessarily grammatically incorrect, but it's the wrong question. If you use "can," you're asking the guest whether or not you have the ability to help them rather than their permission.

 

[mrknownothing]

Team member: "Yeah that item is in domestics. It's past softlines and it's somewhat close to seasonal. It should be on a sidecap by the back endcap.

Maybe it's just my store but most guests I dealt with know what the endcap is.

Same here, but I always walk the guest to the item's location anyways.

 

[Dr Laytex]

"Partner with" and "Seek to understand" a piece of me dies every time I have to use these terms.

 

[NOP]

POG - because I think of the milkcap craze...it just doesn't sound right.

Is it Plano or Presentation team? Nobody knows what I'm talking about when they ask what I do.

"Expect More, Pay Less" - we know what you really think, Target...

 

[mrknownothing]

Get Appy. Back when we still did power hour, that one drove me insane.

 

[Retail Girl]

They keep trying to resuscitate power hour at my store. Thank God the term "get appy" did not carry over. I always felt like I was supposed to be in a really bad Partridge Family episode when I saw that.

 

[RhettB]

"Can I help you find something?" Proper English will tell you "May I help you find something?"

Perhaps they took grammar lessons from the people at AOL. "You've got mail." You have got mail??

 

[Backroom81]

"Brand" - Some of us have ran a pool on how many times that word would be said during a huddle.
"Vibe" - rapidly overtaking "brand" on how much we hear it.
"CIHYFS" - No guest wants to hear the same phrase over and over and over while shopping. A friendly acknowledgment of any sort accomplishes the same thing.

 

[Softlines Owns My Soul]

"We don't sell diamonds" when referring to pulling items forward when zoning. It's just annoying and makes the person feel like they're being scolded like a child. There has to be a better way to say that.