Target’s been going by it recently. Between controversy over its latest company selections, annoyed buyers, and a shaky economic system, the model’s once-loyal buyer base appears much less forgiving.

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Now, that pressure is displaying up within the aisles. Literally. 

One TikTok consumer shared a glance inside a Massachusetts Target retailer that felt like a twister had handed by it. 

“What occurred to public decorum?“

In a latest video that’s been seen over 27,800 occasions, TikTok creator Kay (@theurbanpony09) walks by the clothes part of her native Target, filming the chaos round her.

“Like, look at this Target,” she says, turning the digital camera throughout racks of mangled garments.

The place is a multitude. Clothes are scattered everywhere in the ground, some nonetheless clinging to hangers, others crumpled and forgotten. Racks are overcrowded, with tangled shows making it onerous to even see what’s being offered.

“What the [expletive] is going on?” Kay asks. “Why is it in such disarray? What happened to public decorum?”

@theurbanpony09 Customers haven’t any respect #fyp #goal #messy #procuring #unhappy ♬ unique sound – kat

The video struck a nerve. And it comes at a time when Target’s coping with loads of public backlash.

Earlier this 12 months, the corporate introduced it might pull again from a number of of its long-standing variety, fairness, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

That included strolling away from a multi-year DEI dedication, opting out of the Human Rights Campaign’s annual company equality survey, and quietly shelving its inside three-year DEI objectives.

Many former supporters weren’t joyful. Calls for boycotts adopted, and foot site visitors at shops has taken successful. According to latest information, Target noticed a 4.8% drop in retailer visits per location throughout Q1 2025 in comparison with the identical time final 12 months.

While on-line procuring appears to be holding up—digital gross sales rose 4.7% year-over-year—in-store gross sales dropped 3.8%. There have additionally been widespread social media reviews of worker layoffs and hour reductions, although these claims haven’t been confirmed throughout the board.

In the remark part, folks had sturdy opinions, and most pointed the finger squarely at both thoughtless buyers or overwhelmed employees.

“Shoppers have a ‘it’s not my job’ mentality,” one particular person mentioned.

Another wrote, “The employees are TIRED and UNDERPAID.”

Someone else added, “Imagine if retail workers weren’t a thing… how incompetent are humans that they can’t put back items they don’t buy? It’s a simple concept.”

“What happened??? Overworked and underpaid employees, hour cuts, and ‘guests’ who lack common decency is what happened,” a fourth famous.

Others shared private tales.

“As someone who used to work in the clothing department at Target,” one consumer wrote, “I’ve had a guest drop clothes on the floor right in front of me—and then her mom told her to pick it up. She said, ‘No, that’s her job.’ This was a grown adult.”

And one other particular person echoed Kay’s unique frustration: “‘Like look at this Target, what happened to public decorum’—babes, they are so underpaid, overworked, and TIRED.”

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