TARGET SCRAPS 'KID SHOPPING CARTS'

Target has removed hundreds of kid-sized shopping carts from its stores after some shoppers declared them a “nightmare.” The company rolled out the mini carts to 72 stores – 50 stores in Minnesota and 22 stores in New York – back in August, hoping that they would entertain Target’s youngest guests while the parents were shopping. But the shopping carts turned out to be a spectacular failure for many parents. Kids went wild with the carts, dumping shelves of merchandise into them and slamming them into other shoppers at top speed, bruising their ankles. After receiving many complaints, Target decided to remove them from stores after just a few short weeks.
* For the kids at Target, other shoppers were the Target.
* You just know this idea came from a female executive who never had children.
* Target will next try giving the kids squirt guns, to see how that works out.
* Yes, the carts entertained the kids – that was the problem.
* In fact, if they had been any more entertained they would have trashed the entire store.
* Of course, we all know what the plan really was – to have the kiddos put a few more extra items in their little carts that they wanted Mom and Dad to buy.
* So Target just got what was coming to them, karma-wise.
* We have stories about both Walmart and Target today but these things tend to move in packs.
* Perhaps that show “Superstore” will address this unresolved issue.
* Imagine the kiddy cart manufacturer’s secretary: “Umm, boss one of our clients is returning their order. Don’t worry … it’s only Target.”