Farewell to Target at Hicksville
By Johnny Wong
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This book was about my experiences working for Target Department Store from the summer of 2007 toward the Thanksgiving holidays. The manuscripts views how I interacted with fellow employees, at the same times, trying my best to assist the customers, whatever ways considered possible. Thats tensed situations, between me, former supervisor, plus fellow employees. In any working environment, needed to solved conflicts, coming to terms, achieving mutual comprised. Some customers were pretty rude and cruel. Liked most persons, living in any major cities within the NYC area, wanted to get their stuffs and leaved.
This world, not heaven, we lived not in a perfect environment. Any retailed department chain store, the old saying the customer is always right. Ill said the Target at Hicksville was one of the better store to work in. You had some people willing to commute two hours from another borough to the Hicksville Target, Long Island.
The five to six months, being employed with Target, the best experiences I ever had. In any commercial, business, needed to be accurate and speed, vital functions. Accurate, must come first before speed. Never let errors brother you. Any business, always learned from your mistakes.
Overall, my working experiences in Target, the most enjoyable moments, with follow co-workers, usually take great pride, when helping a customer found a particular items. Ill always remembered the team members, peoples, my supervisors and managers in my heart.
Johnny Wong
My name, Johnny Wong. No greater gift, than receiving the silks, talent in writing. Writing is within my blood, won’t traded place with it. When I write, feeling the force moving within my body. Many authors failed to get their manuscripts published, because there expectation are too high. If an author only dreamed about achieving fame, success and wealth, their writing world would shatter. But at the same time, we must at else have some hope in this field. Never think negative, always think positive. Stay away from people that said “you’re never made it as a writer.” They’re not helping, instead, giving you a low self-esteems. Is true not everybody going to get there manuscripts published. On the other hand, everybody books, difference. If people did not get there works published, no right for them to say “you’re never become a writer. Make writing as a way to reach out and comfort people whose going to difficulties moments. The key to any success in writing and music, is imaginary, poetic and creativities.
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iUniverse rev. date: 06/04/2014
24817.pngI just finished applying for a position at Target. I picked up the red phone and told the operator, I just completed the application process.
We are conducting interviews next week,
she said. When would be a good time for you to come in?
How about Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.? Would that be okay?
That will perfectly be fine. We will give you a call.
Thank you very much and have a nice day.
I never wished to celebrate too early. Ever since leaving college in 1985, I had close to about three hundred interviews, resulting in very little success. Some sounded impressing and promising, but actually getting the position was similar to hitting a split-finger fastball. The split-finger fastball is considered the most difficult pitch to hit. It seems like the perfect ball to swing at. Unfortunately, at the last second, the ball drops from the strike zone, and most batters strike out foolishly.
At the same time, I was feeling optimistic. When I applied for the Target at Elmhurst at Queens Boulevard about four times in the past, they once guaranteed to interview me but never delivered. I had just gotten back from Kansas City. Things didn’t work out over there, and friends disappointed me. Once again, I was back in New York for the fourth time.
The day of the interview, similar to a general planning out his strategy, I opened up a new, recently purchased white shirt. I put on my favorite red tie and khaki dress pants. It was mid-June. As I stepped out the house, I felt the blazing sun glaring on my shoulders. I smelled green grass. It all meant summer was in the air.
Target happened to be located at North Broadway Mall, once called Mid-Island Plaza, in Hicksville, New York. The last time I had been to that shopping mall, it was September 1983. I was going out with a girl named Carol.
I got to the bus stop at Flushing Main Street. About twenty-five people were waiting in front of me for the N20 bus to the Hicksville train station. Of all the buses, this one was considered the most crowded. We were packed like sardines in a tin can.
I sat next to the window on my way to Hicksville and got to observe the scenery of Nassau County. Nassau and Orange Counties probably had the highest per capita income of any residential places in the United States.
As the vehicle slowly approached C.W. Post Long Island University, memories of Carol kindled in my heart. I would say she was your average Italian, all-American girl—New York Yankees and Islanders, Billy Joel, Beatles, hamburgers, meatballs, hot dogs, blueberry pie, and America’s favorite pastime.¹ When I first encountered her, she was studying to be an actress. She invited me to one of her plays. She portrayed her role to absolute perfection.
Broadway Mall,
the bus driver said.
Once I got off, like stepping toward a museum park, I could hardly believe that twenty-four years ago seemed like a different universe. These days, it was labeled as Mid-Island Plaza because the town of Hicksville happened to be midway between Nassau and Suffolk Counties. To my surprise, the shopping mall had decreased a little in size. The architecture seemed pretty amazing with its many retail businesses and restaurants.
I walked into the human resources office.
Alice, the receptionist, was very pleasant and nice to me. Have a sit.
About a half hour later, the human resources manager, Ronald, called me into his office. He was very friendly, nice, and down-to-earth.
One question seemed to rattle across his mind. Johnny, how flexible are you? Can you work on weekends, Saturdays, Sundays, nights, days, or holidays?
Oh, I am very flexible. I could work any time of the day.
Since you don’t reside in Long Island, would it be a major problem for you getting here?
Definitely not. There’s the N20 Hicksville Nassau County transportation that takes me directly to the mall. I could also travel on the Long Island Railroad.
I also take the Long Island Railroad. Johnny, due to your flexibility, I am going to offer you a position right now.
Wow, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. My head almost felt like striking the ceiling.
He didn’t bother to check my employment references. Not only was he nice, but when a manager gives you a position on the very first day, that tells you what kind of character he possesses.
After his statement, I somehow sensed his employees must have a lot of good things to say in regard to him. He shook my hand and told me to go next door to obtain a drug test. He said they’d call me for orientation. Before I left the human resources office, I somehow knew we had struck a wonderful friendship that would last until the final days at Target.
Unlike most employees, I sensed right away that he wasn’t there to collect that fat check, as most people are. I understood deep down inside that he cared. He took the time and reached out to his coworkers whenever they encountered issues.
The following Wednesday was orientation. Ronald’s assistant gave a speech, a general outline in regard to store policies and how to interact with customers. We saw a video on sexual harassment. It demonstrated interaction between men and women, on what to do or not do, such as inappropriate contacts or speeches. That was far from my concern. The main issues happened to be racism against black people. Struggling with these issues for about twenty-one years, we had