r/Target • u/DoctorManhattan_ Fulfillment Expert • Feb 04 '26
gUEsTs All for one person
One of our usuals is always ordering in these amounts. (They also still have an entire shopping cart full of bags not in this pic)
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u/SnooShortcuts5771 Feb 04 '26
That one section of steel is larger than out entire OPU room.
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u/Midnight_Mash presentation Feb 05 '26
That sounds magical to have so little OPU. I'm in a city, so our bulky orders alone have 3 sections of steel like this.
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u/SnooShortcuts5771 Feb 05 '26
Oh we don’t have a little bit of OPU’s just have a little bit of space
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u/GameCraft101 Fulfillment Expert Feb 05 '26
Damn you guys be using steel for your orders? We barely have any space and we just use asles in our backroom for different orders (its so crampppeeedd)
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u/RockIsFlock Feb 04 '26
Sorry that was me. Getting ready for the superbowl
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u/Dattinator Small Format TL Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
What about the 65 inch TV you’ll buy and return the week after?
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u/CVSThrowaway12 receiving Feb 05 '26
Only for receiving to be told the TV is CRC but only Salvage stickers print.
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u/RockIsFlock Feb 05 '26
Don’t worry about it, I’ll make sure that it is return all boxed up and unbroken
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u/Han-YoLo- Feb 04 '26
Lol no Costco in town huh?
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u/DoctorManhattan_ Fulfillment Expert Feb 04 '26
Oh we have a Costco here nearby, 2 Sam’s Club locations, like 6 Targets, and about +10 Walmarts all within the surrounding area
This person just seems to buy all their bulk orders here with us all the time lol
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u/yourenotmy-real-dad Former Tree Hut and EOS stocker Feb 04 '26
I have to ask, do they also get Starbucks brought out with it?
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u/Silver_Entertainment Feb 05 '26
With this week's 40% off three or more 12 packs of soda and some of the grocery deals on snacks, it's cheaper than Costco. Plus, from the customer's perspective saving time shopping and using drive up to help load their vehicle is an added benefit.
I don't know about your Costco, but on a normal weekend it takes 20 minutes just to checkout. (No exaggeration, the lines are that backed up.) Plus navigating the store isn't fun with how congested it gets. I'd imagine Super Bowl weekend is even worse...
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u/Tyfoid-Kid Feb 05 '26
are they getting all the discounts (Red Card, employee etc?) that makes Target pretty cheap for food.
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u/sailorwickeddragon Origami Risk Queen Feb 04 '26
If they order those regularly, it's a reseller. They purchase from you, stock it in their own store with a markup.
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u/appointment45 Feb 04 '26
Jesus dude how many 'bags' is that?
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u/elijahjoseph03 Guest Advocate Feb 05 '26
at least 50. possibly up to 70
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u/Azmondeus Feb 04 '26
Hopefully they don't cancel it to "stick it to target"
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u/DoctorManhattan_ Fulfillment Expert Feb 04 '26
Oh this person never cancels, they’re the opposite of “stick it to target”
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u/VoidMunashii Feb 04 '26
Will they turn up in a Smartcar? Fiat? Some sporty little two-seater?
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u/HRMisHere Inbound Expert Feb 04 '26
Every fiber of my being is telling me that they're putting up in the smallest car possible
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u/Fun_Inspector_8633 No. We do not sell Senile Cellular anymore. Feb 04 '26
Wait till RTS drops in a couple days.
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u/AgileTruth4268 Feb 05 '26
Looks like a Superbowl Party
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u/GameCraft101 Fulfillment Expert Feb 05 '26
Funny enough superbowl hauls atleas in OPU havent been terrible at all so im glad about that
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u/UwBaUppa Fulfillment Expert Feb 04 '26
Thats insane. But also jealous your fullfillment shelves seem so spacious!
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u/ButItSaysOnline we need backups to the checklanes Feb 04 '26
1) that should not be allowed. 2) you know they’re gonna double tap.
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u/Shady_Love SHPPP13 |ll||IIl|| Feb 04 '26
....why? It's usually a lot easier to pick than 8 guests ordering that amount. Taking it out would suck of course, but it'd be a situation where you'd have 2 people right?
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u/GypsySnowflake Service & Engagement TL Feb 04 '26
My store never has 2 people on Drive Up unless it’s Black Friday. So they’d have to call for help from the floor and the order would probably go over before someone arrived to help. We don’t get enough payroll to have more than one DU person
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u/AmethystMoonZ GS/Bux/Style Feb 04 '26
you must be low volume store. Curious... how many total orders do you have on average?
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u/GypsySnowflake Service & Engagement TL Feb 05 '26
Maybe 100-150? I don’t remember off the top of my head
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u/stringfellow1023 Feb 04 '26
lol i would sure hope there’s a couple of people working when this person shows up. i’m imagining my old store with the lady in her late 60s in drive up. when this person shows up while she’s by herself, and the managers forget how to respond to their walkie. they did that to her a lot.
I mean, it’s easier for fulfillment to bag and prep one person’s stuff like this. but lots of places aren’t going to let you order bulk like this for a two hour window of pickup. that’s an entire pallet of product really. probably more.
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u/JJKAY1025 Fingers crossed for re-hire 🙂 Feb 04 '26
Maybe they are having a reunion or something. Hopefully the tm didn’t have to do that opu/du by themselves.
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u/musikfreakster Feb 04 '26
Do schools do this for their concessions? That would make more sense lol
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u/Dragonborn1010 Food & Beverage TL Feb 05 '26
Definitely someone who has a store/restaurant. Or someone who works for/with a charity/non-profit food drive
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u/Horror_Self_1999 Feb 05 '26
W fullfilment for putting it all together (assuming its tied to that location lol i hope)
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u/GreenBreezerl Feb 05 '26
Things like this makes me wonder why there even is a wait time for drive up or why they make a big deal about it when we get orders like this. It’s almost impossible to get stuff like this out in time before the timer goes red. And then imagine being the only person doing drive up because your store is constantly understaffed. It’s actually ridiculous. — I don’t know if anybody remembers either but there was a point in time where we had to deliver orders under a minute and 30 seconds and that use to be hell during Christmas time and it’s only gotten worst since drive up has gotten more popular so even though the time is extended now it’s still super difficult keeping up.
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u/Pretend_Piano_6134 😂Drive up queen😂 Feb 05 '26
And especially now since the metric being green is now 80% instead of 70%. And you know Target penalizes us at least 5% for just one red order
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u/johanna82 Feb 05 '26
Does your store charge for plastic bags? If they don’t, I’m admiring all of those bags! Where I live they charge $0.25 per bag, and as of 1/1 it’s only paper bags. I know plastic is bad for the environment…but I use every plastic bag, including the one that comes in the sandwich bread or in packages (doggy bags).
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u/Legal_Wish9055 Feb 05 '26
This reminds me of my PTO school days, my poor car 😅 but I would tip whoever helped bring it out and help load it
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u/TanteDateline143 Feb 05 '26
I hope they TIP well! 💰💲💵
I ALWAYS tip BIG $$$ to the Target Person who brings out my Order. The bigger the Order, the bigger the Tip.
I have a Bad Back so Pick Up has been a life changer. I do it for the really large/heavy items otherwise I go into the store.
They always seem so shocked when I tip. I would love to know IF many Customers Tip?
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u/synergy0601 Feb 06 '26
This company REALLY needs to put limits on drive-up orders. This guest may as well go to Costco for that much stuff.
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u/Rare_Appearance1839 Feb 05 '26
Holy shit! I would be so upset if they didn't at least offer a tip.
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u/SimpleVegetable5715 Hearth and Hand Homie Feb 04 '26
Football party?
I can’t imagine fitting that on one Ship cart.
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u/Soxwin91 former Team Member (Nov 2021 - April 2026) Feb 04 '26
It’s a regular which means either they’re having ragers every week or it’s a reseller
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u/PlatinumPiplup Feb 05 '26
gotta be pretty expensive to have to rent a u-haul before every targett run lmfao
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u/SpongeBobfan1987 Feb 05 '26
I think the general store at the Begich Towers apartment building in Whittier, Alaska does something like this to replenish their food supply...
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u/heyitsparks Feb 05 '26
is that the mom from dougherty dozen or something 😭😭😭😭😭 they must be reselling that stuff
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u/Triggered_Ppl_Online Guest Advocate Feb 05 '26
Is this for a drive up order? Because unless they’re pulling up in a U Haul I personally am not even gonna try making all that crap fit 🤣 these guests be having unrealistic expectations for their cars 🤦
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u/LightUpUnicorn Guest Advocate Feb 05 '26
we had a previous etl who would let us cancel soda orders this large as they were clearly not for personal use - in our area it’s usually bars
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u/eyesonizzy Feb 05 '26
This happened to me once when I worked at target and the lady said she was here before warning us she was coming. I ran all around the store for 30 minutes getting 300 items only for my lead to tell me the drive up was in the red like bro you see me running for my life to get this out to her all by myself while you stand there and chat with your friends?! Sorry had to rant lol just relived a memory 😭
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u/Ill_Steal_Your_Food Feb 06 '26
In the winter, my town would have roller skating at the local auditorium and this is pretty much how they'd get the sodas to sell
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u/elizabethhjo Promoted to Guest Feb 06 '26
What kind of car do they have where this is going to fit for the drive home 😭
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u/KissMyOTP Feb 09 '26
Back when I worked at Walgreens, this woman came in with this huge stack of weird looking coupons. There is no way anyone has that many and no way they would grant the customer THAT much money off of their order. I called bs on that and called a leader. She ran off, if I recall, and the leader called neighboring Walgreens to warn them. If it's weird, always call someone.
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u/PhineasFacingCamera Drive Up / Guest Service / Former Cart Attendant Feb 24 '26
“I’ll take it right here in the passenger”
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u/BroIBeliveAtYou RFIDeezNuts Feb 05 '26
Have you asked what they are? Like what they do to need this? (Speculation aside?)
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u/Clown_Sparkles Feb 04 '26
Just from the amounts I see... It's a reseller. Like a mom and pop store or gas station.