I want my Potty Post-Its!

This one passed along to us from the SleepyMom files:

My wife went to Target today. She's had trouble at Target before (a fiasco a year or two back regarding her attempt to return, with receipt in hand, a movie or CD or something and Target's steadfast refusal to take back their own item-- it even still had the sticker with the big Target Bulls-eye on the cellophane wrapper-- just a week or so after it'd been purchased, because Target had discontinued carrying the item).. So I could have told her she should've known better-- but I try to avoid being that kind of guy.

Anyway, she went to Target.

And in their Dollar aisle, she found what she described as the perfect stocking-stuffer item for her brother: a set of post-it notes in the shape of an open toilet. Yes, my wife and her brother have an interesting relationship, no doubt.

She grabs the post-its, figuring this will be the laugh of the day come Christmas morning. She does her other shopping, and then heads to the check-out where the cashier takes the post-its, scans them, and the register makes a loud beeping noise. The cashier looks at the display and, much to my wife's shock and dismay, puts them in a bin under the register.

"These are a recall item," says the cashier.

"What?"

"This item has been recalled. I can't sell it to you."
Talk about bait and switch. Call it the bait and swipe. What kind of store puts items on display and then tells you, once you've made the emotional leap of faith, that you cannot take that item home??

Heartless Target!

And my wife, mother of my children, holder of two advanced degrees in English Literature, found herself standing in a Target uttering the words "But I want my Potty Post-Its!"