Target

Went to buy an iPad mini case. Came home and realize that the expensive case I inside the box is the wrong and cheaper item. Remind me of the PS4 with wood inside instead of the actual product incident a few month back. I Need to open the things I buy here in the future. Service desk gave me funny look when I try to return. Hey Target lost prevention do a better job, you are getting paid to prevent stuff like this or you don’t not have one at all.

It has taken every fiber of my being to not spend the amount of time I conceivably could spend in this establishment. Do I need gigantic packs of paper towels? Well, yeah, pretty much, I have a 3 year old. Here’s the run down:
+ Starbucks
+ well organized store
+ helpful staff
+ usually good amount of parking
+ public transport (bus) accessible
— parking lot can be a DISASTER on the weekends
— stuff. everywhere.
— good prices on almost all the things
— Starbucks is constantly out of stuff and the line is SO SLOW compared to pretty much any other location I’ve been to, ever.

24 checkout registers for ONE store. The most I’ve EVER seen throughout my visit to ANY, yes, ANY store. Even my local Walmart (that is SUPER busy) only has 20! And this location keeps so many of the registers open, so the lines move FAST. Since when do any department stores give that good customer service in «city-​stores».
Actually, I probably shouldn’t have said about «city-​store», since Watertown really ISN’T the city, but its SO close to Boston and the Cities of Newton & Waltham, and the fact that the store is SO, SUPER busy (in comparison to other department stores), that yes, I consider this a city store. Parking can be problematic on busy weekends, but depending on the time, or if any time during the week, you shouldn’t have a problem. For the business and flow of traffic the store manages, the organization isn’t bad at all, and this location has supreme clearance over any of the other stores I’ve been to (+1 star, since this would have normally been only a 3 star store). In the rest of the store, clothing, and furniture, it was well stocked and very organized. Also happy with service provided by employees at checkout and in furniture (since when do «city-​stores» have employees come over and say «do you need help finding anything?»… quite rare in my opinion). Overall, this Target is insuperior to the others in the suburbs, but the best out of the city stores (EXTREMELY better than South Bay, Somerville, etc, etc). I may be returning, but would suggest the stores in the suburbs, if you’re able to get to any of them.
4 stars.
Located in the Watertown Mall, with one separate entrance to the store, and one entrance inside the Watertown Mall, close to the Back Entrance and Carter’s. Carriages are available at both the front and the mall entrance, on Arsenal Street in Watertown.

This particular Target store is huge! This store carries pretty much everything that you would need for your household. Nothing really bad to say about this store!

Great customer service at guest services the one time I had to use them.
The huge downside is the lines. They could easily open up more lines to increase traffic speed, but it has typically been a few lines open and they have long waits.
With that said, I have yet to meet an employee there that is not at least providing good customer service. Some chains, you walk up and know they hate their job. The employees that this place don’t seem too bad.
I do think their security scooter is kind of a job… and a hazard. I have worked retail before where our security, if need be, could easily and more safely get somewhere on foot versus using that huge stand up scooter. One wrong turn and someone gets hit!

Terrible parking lot, obnoxious employees who wouldn’t know good customer service if it bit them in the A$$!!

I give 5 stars to Phil or Philip at electronics department when I wanted a quicker checkout. I was shopping around for a speaker and he suggested the small Altec speaker and I love it so I went back another time to buy an extra one for my BF. He also helped me get more savings through cartwheel and that there were actually wifi at the store which I didn’t know about all these years. Now I won’t be lost. He is very friendly and alert to all customers. Thumbs up for him.
But I didn’t like Sally at the front checkout before so I went to electronics. Received much better service. Sally was just childish, rude, impatient and it showed all over her face. Annoying kid.
David or Dave is very nice at grocery. One time he showed me about texting a code to get more savings. I always pick up milk from here.
The most disgusting is the restrooms!!! Why does all Target restrooms smell like that? You sell Febreeze so spray in there!!! This store has the dirtiest restrooms. It’s not rocket science. Have someone to clean up every half an hour. Really nasty.
The front cashiers need to be more friendly!!! Is it that difficult to say «hi and thank you»???

This is, honest to sweet baby Jesus, the worst Target I have ever been to. There are always carts full of items EVERYWHERE at the front of the store. So much so, that you can’t really get into the actual store. The people at customer service like to chat more than actually help customers. We won’t talk about the long line just to speak to someone at Customer Service. The store is very cramped. The isles seem to be 1 cart-​wide. Terrible. I love Target but I refuse to visit this one.
It also feels very people-​of-​Wal-​mart in there. Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll drive to Natick.

My Beloved Favorite Breakfast Sandwich is gone. The Side snack Bar where it was made has been replaced by a Starbucks…

I’m definitely a frequent patron of this Target. It has all of the things I need and it is organized just like every other target so it it easy to find things. The people who work there keep the store very clean and the merchandise is rarely strewn about. This target has a pretty strong food section and I often go there when I’m too lazy or time strapped to go real grocery shopping. It’s located conveniently on Arsenal St. in the Arsenal Mall. My only complaint is that there is not enough parking. It’s always tough to find a spot when I’m there. It shares a Peking lot with the rest of the mall and also a Friendly’s, so there is parking competition for sure.

There are always enough checkout lanes, but they need express lanes. Free bike parking close to my house.

TOTALLY useless and strange electronics personnel.
Thought is give target a try instead of best buy to look for a fitness tracker. I was ready to spend $ 150 or whatever the little fitbit-​esque technologies cost but the guy in electronics was royally useless.
I walked into the section and got no recognition– he was playing on some sort of device as I tried to get his attention to ask about the bracelets. Every question I asked was met with a 1 word answer and immediate breakage of eye contact. Then looking for guidance I took out my phone and looked up amazon reviews of products.
Apparently me being immersed on my phone was interesting so then I was stared at.
I found one little device — simple pedometer — was $ 17 higher in store than the amazon price so I decided to just get it online.
AS IF THE GUY WASNT WEIRD ENOUGH TO BEGIN WITH as I Headed to the exit after touching nothing in the dept he followed me the whole way. Super strange employee. Nothing like typical target customer service.
Incredibly disappointing and creepy experience. Needless to say I’m never shopping in their tech area.

Now that my schedule has forced me into being a weekend Target shopper I can’t believe this crap. The city of Boston and other surrounding towns need to allow for more Targets to be built because going here is like trip to the zoo.
People preach up here that they don’t want big chains but I’m certainly witnessing the opposite because this Target gets more crowded than any I have been to down south.
The people are rude, bumping into you with carts, and swiping into you. There are miserable people everywhere just standing around waiting for others and pretty much nobody bothers to bathe before going to Target on a weekend.
The parking lot… what the hell is that? Its a real mess down there. This place will stress you out.

The Starbucks in this Target just took home the prize for Most Ratchet Cup of Coffee, a title I didn’t even know existed in my books until I naively wandered into this establishment. My misfortune.
I ordered a Green Tea Latte and watched incredulously as the barista proceeded to fill up a cup of milk, haphazardly dump two arbitrary spoonfuls of green tea powder that barely made the circumference of the cup, cap it, and then manually mix the drink with four languid swirls of her wrist, before handing it to me with green dripping down the sides.
This hand spun drink tasted exactly how you would expect it to taste based on the above description. With all the green tea sediments on the bottom in clumps that made drinking it somewhat akin to sucking up balls of sand through a straw.
How do you mess up coffee as standardized across the world as Starbucks? Unless your machine was broken, I don’t care if you were trying to get in some extra muscle building with your wrist action, but you need to skedaddle back to Barista 101.

This place is always a zoo but it is one of the better Targets in the area and closest to me so I wont stop going here. They are hit or miss. Staff isn’t always very pleasant and usually very hard to find but check out lines usually are nice enough and tons are open so you don’t have to wait too long usually. Furniture and toy selection is pretty good and grocery area is fine… no fresh but decent selection of frozen and the essentials. The parking sucks for this place… always a zoo and people don’t pay attention so be careful. I would not recommend coming on the weekend unless you absolutely have to :)

This is definitely one of the better Targets in the Boston-​area, and I wish I lived closer to it! While it can be a bit traffic-​filled in the area around this Target (especially during rush hours), it is conveniently located to the Arsenal Mall and other big businesses in the area.
The store is well kept and tidy, and the staff has been helpful each time I’ve gone. They still have the awesome Target deals with which we’re all familiar and love, and the store is well stocked, allowing shoppers to enjoy the deals!
If I lived closer, I would frequent this Target (too) often, but it does happen to be about 15 minutes from where I work…
#uhoh

This Target is basic and meets expectations. I frequent this store and it always looks clean and well-​stocked.
The customer service is always a little hit or miss, but ah, whatever. It’s Target.
Props for having the awesome Starbucks near the entrance– which has plenty of seating. I’m here almost every weekday morning and the baristas are also pleasant and on top of their game. Thanks for not making me wait 10 minutes for my latte. :)

Very very poor experience here. It just feels ghetto here.
I went one night at 10pm… they are open till 11pm and well I guess the employees stop working earlier in the night. Few registers were open and then my item rings up higher than the tag where it was placed. The fool cashier says ‘oh well, do you still want it?’. I said ‘no I want the price checked’. Her response, ‘Oh its gonna be a while, you want to wait’. So, I waited for a while for one fool with the price check gun to scan it and say yes its this price and must have been in the wrong place. He asks if I want to go to the aisle and see if it is wrongly marked and I say yes. He says he has to help someone else (thanks) and that he will meet me there. I go to the aisle and wait. I give up and get a cheaper priced item. Thanks for nothing Target.
I go back to the registers and wait for a second time. BTW I pass the guy with the price checker and he gives me a guilty face of that he didn’t ever meet me in the aisle and did not even apologize. I don’t have time for this kind of bs. Get your store together. Also, it just looks trashy that at 10pm, during business hours, that you have pallets of stuff in the aisles and well ghetto employees playing like they are kids in high school… unprofessional behavior and no customer service from them!

LAWD HAVE MERCY
Always busy. Always crowded. ALWAYS. ALWAYS. ALWAYS.
I really needed a few items and had to come here on a Saturday… yea I know. Targets are those places that families go to for outings. Instead of Six Flags, IHOP or the movies, they rather come shop at Target and bring THE ENTIRE FAMILY! Now I don’t see anything wrog with this, but LAWD it gets crowded. I alway make sure that I memorize my list and like that old show Supermarket Sweep– I get in and get the heck out in under 30mins!
But I keep coming back for more because they have the best stuff. I always love buying coffee creamers, DVD’s and cosmetics. There are some cute little workers here too that are always willing to lend a helping hand.
Thank goodness the parking lot is the size of a football field because I usually end up parking at Friendy’s because that’s where the only available spaces are.

I don’t mind this Target, but we have to gear up for the crazy when we go. It is always crowded, and it takes a sherpa to navigate the store.
Otherwise, no problems. Where else can you get storage bins, windshield wipers, shoes and dog food all in one place?
This time, we were even asked if we need help by several employees asked us if we need help! Progress!