Posted: 2/21/2007 3:13:42 PM EDT
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I was in a Target store to buy an alarm clock earlier and there was a "code yellow" announced over the PA system. I observed many of the staff members taking positions in thoroughfares as if they were attempting to intercept someone. What does "code yellow" mean in Target's code book? I'm sure there's somewhere here that works there or has a family member that does. I didn't know whether I should run, draw both of my guns and shoot in the air while screaming like a little girl, piss my pants, or do all of those things at once. In all seriousness, I did a 360 scan for potential threats and detected no sign of danger and just continued my quest for an alarm clock with slightly elevated situational awareness. |
Thats Code Adam. We had several of those when I worked there but I dont recall a code yellow. |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Adam "Other stores may have slightly different procedures. For example, at Target stores, after a parent has notified a Target employee that their child is lost, the team member will immediately announce over his or her walkie-talkie "Code Yellow" followed by the location in which the child was last seen and is repeated three times (for example, "Code Yellow, toys")" |
 ), urine, wounds, etc. and I'll have no problem. Give me a nasty Code Brown and the smell will get to me as I clean it up. It's almost enough to tempt me to get a job in an environment where I'd have an aide to do that. 
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They called Code Adam at the Wally World in Champaign, IL a while back, right before Xmas. Woman was in store with kid that baby's daddy had custody on. Non-custodial 'abduction' or something like that. They locked that sucker down and nobody could get in or out. I imagine I'd be ducking out the tire & lube door or somewhere else. But staying in a WW for two hours because I wasn't allowed to leave would not sit pretty here. I don't give a shit if someone abducted the Bush twins... Well, I might go try to find one or both of them, but everyone else... John |
They wouldn't even let people out who obviously didn't have a kid with them?  I'm about 99.9% sure it's not legal for them to hold you against your will without accusing you of a crime. Sounds like kidnapping/false imprisonment to me.
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Of course it's not legal. I find it hard to believe that they would be dumb enough to try to prevent a single adult male from leaving. However I hope they do as I could use the money. 
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I'll be trying my best to get out and I will get out, or get kicked out for trying it |
Not that I am defending it, but there was a thread a while ago about this. There are Code Adam(Blue) signs on the door to the stores, you are supposed to know that that means you have been notified that you may be locked in the store and by entering you are giving them permission...or some such bullshit. Child abduction is serious, but locking down a store if mommy forgot where she left little johnny is absurd. ByteTheBullet (-: |
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I halfway considered responding to all you Rambo types that would lead an all-out assault on the exit doors if you were delayed for a few minutes...... BUT then I thought it's really not worth it. It seems like every thread has a bunch of people spouting off about what they would do in any given situation... voting from the rooftops, etc. FUNNY HOW WE NEVER SEE YOU GUYS ON THE NEWS, HUH? 
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Id try to get out faking panic problem or "the fever" works it seems |
I did a stint at Target back in the day when I was in HS and IIRC, a code yellow is a call for a team lift on a heavy object on the sales floor. Code 1 is a call to the sales floor for add'l cashiers up front and Target also uses the Code Blue thing for little Chase/Taylor/Dakota going off to a different aisle from mommy. Hope this helps! AKTactical |
How long were you there, if you were about to leave would you want to have to spend 2 more hours there? |