[Info-vax] OT: Demise of Target in Canada

[Louis Krupp]

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 07:36:03 +0000, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:44:53 -0500
>JF Mezei via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
>
>> The business failed spectacularly with constant stream of complaints of
>> unstocked shelves ins stores turning away customers. Considering that
>> Target in USA has a very good reputation on that aspect, people were
>> surprised.
>
>No, Target doesn't have a good reputation in America. It is a distant 3rd
>place behind KMart (absolutely terrible) which itself is in a distant 2nd
>place behind WalMart which is pretty good to great depending which store we
>are talking about.
>
>Target is a crappy store, has crappy products, crappy service. They
>basically sell junk to people who buy junk. Nobody ever said a positive
>word about Target that I ever heard. Their stores are depressing and
>rundown. If they go out of business it will be a very positive thing.

OK.  Here's a positive word about Target:  I don't mind shopping
there.  Most of the clothes I'm wearing right now were bought at
Target.  When I ate dinner earlier, I used a spoon I bought at Target
in 1976.  And a saucer, too.  I remember that shopping trip.  $100
bought a lot of Corelle ware in 1976.

What does this say about me?  About Target?  About VMS?  Weren't we
supposed to be talking about VMS?  Come on, someone say something
about VMS...

1976...  I hadn't heard of VMS.  I was working for Burroughs.

Louis