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Target

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The Resume

    Founded in 1902 as Dayton Dry Goods by George Dayton
    Discount retailer
    NYSE: TGT
    355,000 employees (2010)

Why Target might be annoying:

    They are a discount retailer like Wal-Mart only they don't have the trashy image for some reason.
    They call their customers 'guests' (cool, can we spend the night?).
    Their stores are typically not open 24 hours a day like rival Wal-Mart.
    Their employees are not employees but 'team members.' The store manager is called the 'Store Team Leader.'
    Their 'team members' are often not compensated a living wage.
    They bar charities from getting anywhere near their stores.
    Their bulls-eye symbol just begs to be pissed on.
    They gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, a Republican front group. Lady Gaga was outraged and pulled her album from their stores.
    They announced that 70 million customers who used credit or debit cards during the holiday season had personal information stolen; one of the largest retail security breaches of all-time (January 10, 2014).

Why Target might not be annoying:

    They helped build Target Field and Target Center.
    They do not sell firearms or tobacco.
    They once ranked as giving the highest percentage of their income to charity of all major corporations.
    They donate unused and returned clothing to Goodwill.
    It traditionally has the youngest customer base of all the major discount retailers.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 113 Votes: 46.90% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 51.19% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 88 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 263 Votes: 71.48% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 30 Votes: 36.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 933 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 194 Votes: 81.44% Annoying