Posted on 08/17/2016 1:03:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Target Corp. said it will spend $20 million to add a private bathroom to each of its stores by next year, following customer protests over its policy allowing transgender individuals to use whichever restroom corresponds with their gender identity.
Targets finance chief Cathy Smith said the move is a response to feedback from customers voicing displeasure over the companys bathroom policy. She added the customer discontent hadnt had a material impact on sales. CEO Brian Cornell had promised to roll out family restrooms earlier this year and defended the companys stance on diversity.
Protests started at Target stores after the retailer announced in April that it welcomed transgender employees and guests to use the restroom or fitting room that corresponded with their gender identity. Everyone deserves to feel they belong, the company wrote on its website.
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I agree with you. They shot themselves in the foot. Why else would they be trying to correct it by adding a 3rd bathroom. That ought to be a shitte show!
Like the old song says: “too much, too little, too late to ever try again.”
Alot of those bell ringers are doing community service for crimes, and i frankly do not trust them.
I took a look inside a Target store a month or so ago. Pretty quiet compared to a year ago.
“...CEO Brian Cornell had promised to roll out family restrooms earlier this year and defended the companys stance on diversity...”
Yeah, you go on and keep defending that stance, Bri-Bri... while your company goes bankrupt.
Take that stand!!! Make a Difference!!!
I take it that expletives are now allowed on FR. I’m seeing it everyday now.
Private dressing rooms as well?
The private bathrooms will be nothing but a continuing symbol of their love of the gay community. A reminder never to shop there again.
As for their restrooms, I personally have never had any weirdo-in-the-bathroom problem---yet. In the event that it should happen, I would drop kick the weirdo across the room. I do not hold with people "confused about their gender" nonsense. If you are confused, just look down.
I won’t shop in Target!! Bye Bye
Have you ever been assaulted by the homo class? They lock the men’s room door and have at you. You or your son, may fight for your life, but you’ll never be the same. Obama knows, believe me.
The above is not hate speech.
Target is dying before our eyes. Who’d have thought that Target would be the next Sears or JCPenney. That’s what terrible management decisions do to an otherwise viable company. I for one haven’t been back and won’t go back.
Of course not. That is why you are going to the expense of putting new bathrooms in every store.
... If you are confused, just look down....
Yep.
Too little, too late.
Men, Woman, It
Why, they are in the process of going out of business just like K-Mart. They have cancelled their sponsorship of Ganassi Racing, which is a big deal!
First of all, if I were a stockholder, I would be ticked off that this CEO is wasting $20 million of what should be stockholder earnings in an attempt to quell the revolt of Target’s customers.
That being said, if we were still shopping at Target, I would be boycotting them due to their outrageous rest room decision. However, we cannot boycott Target because over one year ago, as I was sitting down in my favorite chair watching TV and in the process of eating an ice cream cone purchased at our local Target, I noticed that the ice cream did not look right and tasted “funny”. I pulled the packaging box out, looked at the date only to discover that the expiration date was one year ago.
My wife wrote to Target customer service advising of our experience and dissatisfaction. Guess what? She never got a reply. That was the end of Target for us.
They’re avoiding that question.
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