A new Target store just opened by my house so yesterday I decided to stop by and check it out. As I was walking down an aisle, I got a text message so I glanced at my phone and noticed there was no signal. There were a few jitters, enough to let a text through, but otherwise it was stuck at zero bars. With my head down, eyes watching the signal bar, I robotically started walking back towards the front of the store. As I approached the exit, tantalizing the security guard with the possibility of their first shoplifter, the signal spiked back to 100%. I was trying to recall if this was normal cell phone behavior inside stores, but I seem to remember lots of moms always yapping away at the grocery store. Often in the checkout line! Also, confused husbands making desperate calls to their wives, or mistresses.
I believe Target has purposely blocked cell phone usage in their store for an unknown reason. What might their motive be? To increase checkout speeds? No. They want you there longer to make an impulse buy. (A toenail clipper and some breath mints. Now I'm ready for a date.) I believe their plot is far more sinister. Imagine having your customers' full attention and a PA system to exploit their minds. Brain washing! Subliminal messages to control how you shop. Trained to make purchases for years. Identity. You stop questioning why and accept. You like it. Second nature. Next time you're at Target, don't look at what's on your shopping list. Look inside yourself.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Target conspiracy theory
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I have heard of this in movie theatres but i didi not know they had rolled it out in stores. I do not know how legal it is to block someone's access to emergency cell phone use. Did you ask the store if they were indeed doing what you suspect?
I didn't confront anyone at the store. Maybe I'll go back and do some investigative work.
I've noticed the signal drop in a couple of Costco's that I've been to in Iowa and Michigan. I always thought that it had something to do with "stealing" merchandising layout and product pricing inside the store. The only reason that I thought of that was from Sam Walton's autobiography. In which he stated that he would go into competitors store with a voice recorder, and jot drop product layouts, promotions, and product pricing.
looks like you retards need new phones.
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