My wife is not political in nearly any way. I told her why I don’t wish to patronize Target anymore, and she doesn’t really understand.
She wanted to buy me some shirts a while back at Target, and I said “I will pay more to buy them somewhere else, anywhere but Target.” I think she gets it now, because she doesn’t ask me about anything at Target anymore.
Before, I used to be just uninterested in Target. I could go there and buy something, but generally, didn’t go in the place just because I didn’t find it interesting or compelling, but if my wife saw something there, I would go with her.
Now, I actively avoid the place. When will they learn to JUST DO BUSINESS?
Yeah, for me it wasn’t so much the political stand that they took... I work every day with people whom I disagree. It was the arrogance of the management. “We’re doing this and you’ll like it, or else”. Why they weren’t canned, from the top down, is beyond me. The Board must think the same way, all the better reason to avoid the stores.
Still, I darken their door about twice a year. Until I find a replacement for those two items, then I’m done. What’s interesting is that the past couple of times I’ve been in - once at Christmas and once recently- I had the place to myself. Could count the number of shoppers on two hands, certainly, and the checkers were just standing around talking. June?? Ok. But on a weekend in the middle of December? Place should have been mobbed.