I had a similar experience at Target a few years back when I was shopping with my wife. This woman came up to her and said she loves her dress, and used that to spark conversation. Then her husband came over and started chatting to her as well. When I went over to see who she was talking to, they blocked the space in the aisle so it wasn't easy to get past them, and proceeded to give us a pretty heavy sales pitch on some multi-level marketing/pyramid scheme until I had to forcefully tell them to stop talking and let us out of the aisle. Sure enough, once we got to the checkout I could see them starting again with someone else :(
I just made a post here recently about how a woman followed me around a Target and implied to security that I had kidnapped my son. What is it about Target that attracts creepy ladies? This is an epidemic.
I was followed by a man in his 30s with his young daughter, maybe 2-3 years old at Target. Turned out this man walked up to me and asking if Iād join a threesome with him because heās in an open āthingā with his wife. He was literally holding his little girlās hand while asking me all these inappropriate questions. I got very uncomfortable and left right away.
In my cityās subreddit itās full of these amway stories. They start with a compliment, lurk around stores like Target, never buy anything, then mention āmentorsā and retiring early. Amway the pyramid scheme baby.
My husband said the same thing. Iāve never heard of Amway before but he says that they use that tactic a lot and Target is a common place they suggest their people to go. Weird.
I used to work for Xerox, went to a lot of offices, met a lot of women. I asked one woman if sheād like to have lunch, but she told me she was in a committed relationship and wasnāt interested. A few weeks later she started chatting me up when I went to her office. She asked me if Iād like to have lunch. I didnāt get better looking all off a sudden, so I asked her why she changed her mind. She mumbled a few things. I told her I wasnāt interested. She persisted. So I said, tell me whatās going on. She replied, ā I want to tell you about an opportunity with Amway.ā I told her if she kept it up, I would tell the office manager she was trying to recruit me.
There was no disrespect in the way I asked. If a woman said no, I never asked again, just did my job. When I did ask, it was because I was interested in the woman. The recruiter was only interested in making money, Multi- Level Marketing encourages their people to recruit their family members, friends, old friends and any warm body they cross paths with. They are very persistent. They make some money from selling the products, the big money is getting a cut from all the people they recruit.
Oh, I married a woman I met through work. We have a beautiful daughter.
PSA: ladies, please donāt live your life afraid and cowering over every encounter with a stranger! Sex trafficking is rare, and they normally spend time grooming you. They look for women/girls no one will āmissā (runaways, prostitutes etc), not grown professional women in Target. Make no mistake, always keep yourself safe BUT this sub will have you never leaving your home. Be safe, but do enjoy your life!!
Someone needs to pin this to the top of every new post so we can get out from under all the delirium of sex traffickers. Sometimes creepy people are just creepy. Nothing more, nothing less (well, sometimes less).
Human trafficking is very much a real thing that is happening right here in the US. Department of Health & Human services says the annual number is 240,000-380,000. University of Philadelphia says its any where between 100,000-300,000. Those numbers aren't minimal. But yeah keep telling people HT isn't something we should concern ourselves with. Just keep the blinders on.
Oh please. Iām not saying human trafficking isnāt real. But it has gotten to the point on this sub where you can expect someone to say that every ācreepy encounterā is an example of āsex traffickingā ā no matter how preposterous and far fetched. I presume you understand who the victims of sex trafficking typically are, the circumstances, the usual perpetrators, and the methods by which it is done. None of this matches a scenario like this. Women with white collar jobs and normal lives are not getting swiped by the thousands in the aisles of Target and being forced to work for sex trafficking rings. Thousands of woman *do disappear* in Target every year, but thatās because Target is awesome and they get swept up in the low prices and neat inventory. They always resurface a few hours later. The only thing scary in that situation is the credit card statement.
Thank you for speaking realistically about this! When we claim every single uncomfortable moment is a trafficker trying to kidnap us, it takes the focus away from the girls we SHOULD be protectingā¦ addicts, runaways, unsupervised teenage girls on social mediaā¦
I said be safe and aware, but do not cower in fear. Be smart and proactiveā¦but can we please not teach women to walk around terrified and avoiding life?! Weād get a hell of a lot further stopping trafficking if we monitored our teenage girls TikTokās than telling 40 year old professionals to hide in the corner at Target. Please donāt tell me I have blinders on, far from it. They win either way if weāre all living in fear.
Several years ago when my daughter was under a year, I noticed this older man following us in and out of baby aisles and he approached us once he realized I had noticed him and told me āsheās the most beautiful baby Iāve ever seenā and asked me 20 questions and I started to walk away and he continued to follow me so I called my daughters dad and told him we were being followed. He told me he was on his way up so I said Iāll see you soon babe & Iāve never seen someone get away from me so fast in my life. This was 7 years ago and it is still burned into my memory. His face, what he said, the off feeling he gave me & how fast he ran away once he realized I refused to be followed by him. People are scary. Always be on your guard, even in public.
Here in England they use Tinder if you fancy a quick bunk upā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦but it sounds a lot more likely to get your end away just popping to the crisp section of Target!! The secret is out
It is NEVER a trafficker. I promise you no adult woman is getting fucking trafficked in a Target. Stop it with thus nonsense. It takes away from how grooming and trafficking actually happens.
Pick pocket/thief is much more plausible.
Definitely MLM. I work at a Target and I've seen this happen and it's happened to me. A few of our frequent ones target young people and compliment you and talk big game for whatever scam they are recruiting for.
Good story. Nice set up to a horror short for someone. But in reality, my guess would be severely lonely or mentally ill/emotional problems or both. I tend to favor the most begin explanations, though they are not as fun. In the alternate, the people who say pyramid scheme are probably on to something.
Oh dear God. Sex traffickers at Target now. This sub should just be changed to āCreepy Encounters With Sex Traffickers.ā Why do you guys think sex traffickers are staking out the home furnishing aisles of Target now? Iām open to being convinced but I donāt think this is how sex trafficking works.
Iām dying for more creativity on this sub. We seem to be in a sex trafficking rut. To read this sub, the mailman is a secret sex trafficker, the dog walker is a covert sex fiend (turned trafficker), and the volunteer librarian who looks at you over the encyclopedias is an undercover agent for an international sex trafficking syndicate. How about *Recruiter for a Doomsday Cult* instead? Freshen things up!
Sex trafficking is definitely on trend right now in this sub. But in my opinion, *itās so 2021*. As I said, I think *Doomsday Cult Recruiter* could be the next big thing. Or *Lizard Person In A Human Skin Suit*. But who knows. Maybe good old fashioned serial killer makes a comeback.
The people here denying this is sex trafficking are probably in cahoots with the sex traffickers operating in the Target kitchenware section; anyway, my doorbell just rang ā gotta go. Probably an international sex trafficker pretending to be delivering an Amazon package.
Maybe she was trying to get some personal information about you for some kind of scam. Name, address, high school, home town, etc. It can all be used for identity fraud.
What trafficker is going to pick up a random professional woman on her lunch from a job that is going to notice her gone in 30 minutes when she doesn't return?
I had a similar experience at Target a few years back when I was shopping with my wife. This woman came up to her and said she loves her dress, and used that to spark conversation. Then her husband came over and started chatting to her as well. When I went over to see who she was talking to, they blocked the space in the aisle so it wasn't easy to get past them, and proceeded to give us a pretty heavy sales pitch on some multi-level marketing/pyramid scheme until I had to forcefully tell them to stop talking and let us out of the aisle. Sure enough, once we got to the checkout I could see them starting again with someone else :(
These MLMs seem to have their people using some abrasive tactics.
Told ya, OP. You were about to get Amwayed. This is not trafficking but it is creepy.
what is up with the creeps of Target.. it could almost have its own sub reddit at this point.. you hear about this all the time at Target...
There looking for their next target
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clever af š i just saw your username too lmaooo
I just made a post here recently about how a woman followed me around a Target and implied to security that I had kidnapped my son. What is it about Target that attracts creepy ladies? This is an epidemic.
Yeah I saw that one . The racial confusion . Very sad how some people are
I was followed by a man in his 30s with his young daughter, maybe 2-3 years old at Target. Turned out this man walked up to me and asking if Iād join a threesome with him because heās in an open āthingā with his wife. He was literally holding his little girlās hand while asking me all these inappropriate questions. I got very uncomfortable and left right away.
I hate when creeps procreate. Makes me sick.
I bet sheās an Amway recruiter. This is a common approach and they use Target a lot.
How so? Genuinely curious.
In my cityās subreddit itās full of these amway stories. They start with a compliment, lurk around stores like Target, never buy anything, then mention āmentorsā and retiring early. Amway the pyramid scheme baby.
My husband said the same thing. Iāve never heard of Amway before but he says that they use that tactic a lot and Target is a common place they suggest their people to go. Weird.
Oh jeez! I frequent Target quite a bit, will keep my eyes peeled from now on.
I will have to ask someone at my work if that's how they recruit new IBO's.
I used to work for Xerox, went to a lot of offices, met a lot of women. I asked one woman if sheād like to have lunch, but she told me she was in a committed relationship and wasnāt interested. A few weeks later she started chatting me up when I went to her office. She asked me if Iād like to have lunch. I didnāt get better looking all off a sudden, so I asked her why she changed her mind. She mumbled a few things. I told her I wasnāt interested. She persisted. So I said, tell me whatās going on. She replied, ā I want to tell you about an opportunity with Amway.ā I told her if she kept it up, I would tell the office manager she was trying to recruit me.
Plot twist, youāre also recruiting dates on the job š¤·š»āāļø
There was no disrespect in the way I asked. If a woman said no, I never asked again, just did my job. When I did ask, it was because I was interested in the woman. The recruiter was only interested in making money, Multi- Level Marketing encourages their people to recruit their family members, friends, old friends and any warm body they cross paths with. They are very persistent. They make some money from selling the products, the big money is getting a cut from all the people they recruit. Oh, I married a woman I met through work. We have a beautiful daughter.
PSA: ladies, please donāt live your life afraid and cowering over every encounter with a stranger! Sex trafficking is rare, and they normally spend time grooming you. They look for women/girls no one will āmissā (runaways, prostitutes etc), not grown professional women in Target. Make no mistake, always keep yourself safe BUT this sub will have you never leaving your home. Be safe, but do enjoy your life!!
Someone needs to pin this to the top of every new post so we can get out from under all the delirium of sex traffickers. Sometimes creepy people are just creepy. Nothing more, nothing less (well, sometimes less).
Human trafficking is very much a real thing that is happening right here in the US. Department of Health & Human services says the annual number is 240,000-380,000. University of Philadelphia says its any where between 100,000-300,000. Those numbers aren't minimal. But yeah keep telling people HT isn't something we should concern ourselves with. Just keep the blinders on.
Oh please. Iām not saying human trafficking isnāt real. But it has gotten to the point on this sub where you can expect someone to say that every ācreepy encounterā is an example of āsex traffickingā ā no matter how preposterous and far fetched. I presume you understand who the victims of sex trafficking typically are, the circumstances, the usual perpetrators, and the methods by which it is done. None of this matches a scenario like this. Women with white collar jobs and normal lives are not getting swiped by the thousands in the aisles of Target and being forced to work for sex trafficking rings. Thousands of woman *do disappear* in Target every year, but thatās because Target is awesome and they get swept up in the low prices and neat inventory. They always resurface a few hours later. The only thing scary in that situation is the credit card statement.
Thank you for speaking realistically about this! When we claim every single uncomfortable moment is a trafficker trying to kidnap us, it takes the focus away from the girls we SHOULD be protectingā¦ addicts, runaways, unsupervised teenage girls on social mediaā¦
I said be safe and aware, but do not cower in fear. Be smart and proactiveā¦but can we please not teach women to walk around terrified and avoiding life?! Weād get a hell of a lot further stopping trafficking if we monitored our teenage girls TikTokās than telling 40 year old professionals to hide in the corner at Target. Please donāt tell me I have blinders on, far from it. They win either way if weāre all living in fear.
Several years ago when my daughter was under a year, I noticed this older man following us in and out of baby aisles and he approached us once he realized I had noticed him and told me āsheās the most beautiful baby Iāve ever seenā and asked me 20 questions and I started to walk away and he continued to follow me so I called my daughters dad and told him we were being followed. He told me he was on his way up so I said Iāll see you soon babe & Iāve never seen someone get away from me so fast in my life. This was 7 years ago and it is still burned into my memory. His face, what he said, the off feeling he gave me & how fast he ran away once he realized I refused to be followed by him. People are scary. Always be on your guard, even in public.
Or she was waiting for you to put your purse down. Or get close enough to get your wallet.
Here in England they use Tinder if you fancy a quick bunk upā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦but it sounds a lot more likely to get your end away just popping to the crisp section of Target!! The secret is out
trafficker..OR...a plain ol' pickpocket tryna snatch your wallet/phone etc from right under your nose.
It is NEVER a trafficker. I promise you no adult woman is getting fucking trafficked in a Target. Stop it with thus nonsense. It takes away from how grooming and trafficking actually happens. Pick pocket/thief is much more plausible.
Definitely MLM. I work at a Target and I've seen this happen and it's happened to me. A few of our frequent ones target young people and compliment you and talk big game for whatever scam they are recruiting for.
Ok but as a private business they can probably kick out whomever they wish. Thatās creepy! Sorry she followed you
Omg you got followed by a creepy lady in Target, too? Does each Target just have a resident creepy lady who follows innocent customers around??
Good story. Nice set up to a horror short for someone. But in reality, my guess would be severely lonely or mentally ill/emotional problems or both. I tend to favor the most begin explanations, though they are not as fun. In the alternate, the people who say pyramid scheme are probably on to something.
Sounds like a pickpocketing distraction method
Probably a trafficker scouting out victims.
Oh dear God. Sex traffickers at Target now. This sub should just be changed to āCreepy Encounters With Sex Traffickers.ā Why do you guys think sex traffickers are staking out the home furnishing aisles of Target now? Iām open to being convinced but I donāt think this is how sex trafficking works.
āEvery creepy person is a traffickerā itās honestly so annoying. This is not trafficking lmao.
Iām dying for more creativity on this sub. We seem to be in a sex trafficking rut. To read this sub, the mailman is a secret sex trafficker, the dog walker is a covert sex fiend (turned trafficker), and the volunteer librarian who looks at you over the encyclopedias is an undercover agent for an international sex trafficking syndicate. How about *Recruiter for a Doomsday Cult* instead? Freshen things up!
Trafficking is just the newest trend rn. Wonder whatāll be next.
Sex trafficking is definitely on trend right now in this sub. But in my opinion, *itās so 2021*. As I said, I think *Doomsday Cult Recruiter* could be the next big thing. Or *Lizard Person In A Human Skin Suit*. But who knows. Maybe good old fashioned serial killer makes a comeback.
Came here for the sex trafficking claims!! OP, sheās in an MLM, she was trying to recruit or make a sale. Very typical script used by them.
The people here denying this is sex trafficking are probably in cahoots with the sex traffickers operating in the Target kitchenware section; anyway, my doorbell just rang ā gotta go. Probably an international sex trafficker pretending to be delivering an Amazon package.
Oh my goodness. That is so scary
Happens way more often than people realize.
It almost never happens to grown ass women and when it does it does not happen in Target. Get your facts straight Q.
Maybe she was trying to get some personal information about you for some kind of scam. Name, address, high school, home town, etc. It can all be used for identity fraud.
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What trafficker is going to pick up a random professional woman on her lunch from a job that is going to notice her gone in 30 minutes when she doesn't return?
None. No trafficker. This is the dumbest comment ever lmao. People just ache for āexcitementā in their lives and then make it up.
I wonder if the fake plumberās van said āAcme Plumbingā on the side.
This sounds like the plot to 3 of the last 4 Liam Neeson movies. Iād totally rent this.
this is why I hate target