We often hear of customers mistaking other shoppers for employees, but what happens when an actual genuine employee is the one to make the mistake?

That’s exactly what happened in this story when a Target worker set their sights on an unsuspecting customer.

You’ll want to read on for this one!

And now for something different!

This happened a little over a year ago as I was walking through a Target.

This person is used to being approached pretty often.

I’m generally a friendly person and regularly get asked to help people when grocery shopping and have certainly been mistaken for an employee a few times at different places.

It’s always been easily sorted. This particular instance stands out for a couple of reasons.

But this situation went a little differently.

I was walking down an aisle when a Target employee stopped me and asked if I knew if so-and-so was working.

They’re confused, because they’re not even remotely wearing the usual employee garb.

I was following the oft-cited rules in this sub. No red and khaki (or red and black, as it’s a college town) on me. I was in shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, and my Chacos while perusing a shelf.

They had to ask a couple times because I was so sure they weren’t speaking to me.

Once it was all cleared up, the employee was quite embarrassed.

Thankfully, a simple “I don’t work here” was accepted by the employee, whose face quickly turned as red as her shirt.

But this one will always stand out because it was the employee and not the customer making the mistake!

Come on — Target employees never wear Hawaiian print.

It must have been their overall vibe that tripped up the employee.

Or maybe it was their face?

Doppelgängers do exist…

This redditor wonders how they were able to escape a similar fate.

The situation may have been confounding, but overall it was harmless enough.

Do I look like I work here, lady?

If you liked that post, check out this one about an employee that got revenge on HR when they refused to reimburse his travel.