Working in retail can be an extremely grueling job…and apparently not working in retail can be too?

What would you do if a customer mistook you for an employee of the establishment you were frequenting, then doubled down?

One guy shared a particularly funny story exact situation.

Here’s what went down.

Don’t wear red at target.

So I was coming back from school yesterday afternoon and decided I would stop in my local target to look at some items.

(My birthday is upcoming and my family has been asking for ideas).

I wore a red shirt that day, you know, because red is a color people wear.

Uh, I don’t work here lady.

Anyway, I was browsing the gaming keyboards when a middle aged woman asked me to check the stock of Nintendo Switches.

I politely inform her I don’t work at Target, to which she says “Then why are you wearing red?”

Correlation versus causation and all that.

I was trying to think of a witty reply, but sometimes the most obvious is the most witty.

So I said: “Because red is a color people wear?”

She just walked away.

Handling awkward situations with grace is a gift. Let’s see what Reddit had to chime in.

Most just stated their bewilderment.

Some pointed out the same pattern with other colors.

One person explained how they would have done things.

An actual Target employee even chimed in.

And one person ended on an existential note.

He went from wearing red to seeing red pretty quickly.

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