Target

Last Friday (2/17/12), my niece was verbally and sexually harass by a Target team member by the name of Adam. My niece and her female friend was shopping there that Friday night when Adam (a Target team member) approached them and raised his voice at my niece asking why she had blocked him from social website! My niece and this guy Adam are not or have ever been friends in the past. They both just happen attend a local Cal State college and that’s where she recognized him. A month ago, Adam tried to befriend my niece three times through a social website and my niece declined him all three times and even blocked him. Apparently, Adam doesn’t take rejections well and he took it upon himself to bring his personal life to his work place (Target) that night when he approached my niece and her friend as they where shopping to question why she had blocked him! Adam even approached them at the parking lot and followed them to their car as he continued to verbally harass them. Obviously, we complained to the store managers, district manager, and even corporate office regarding Adam’s behavior that night. According to two managers at the store, they reviewed the surveillance video and because there where no signs of physical aggression, they can’t do anything about it except just to talk to Adam about the situation. The disturbing part is that the surveillance video has NO audio so; there is no ways to prove that Adam was being verbally abusive (which was the issue and not any physical aggression)! We are very disappointed on how the store managers handled our complaint and how it appears that there will be no disciplinary actions to Adam behavior. So, I guest it is fair to assume that if you are a customer at Target, a Target team member can get away with verbally abuse you just as long as there is no signs of physical aggressions.