Canadians had plenty of snarky comments for Target as the U.S.-based retailer announced the end of its operations in Canada on Thursday.
Amid all the “missed the mark” puns and “Tar-jay” mockery, Canadians seemed generally disappointed with the popular U.S. retailer’s two-year venture in Canada. Many said they would not miss the chain’s issues with maintaining stock. Many more were concerned for the jobs that will be lost by the move. Others just had a good laugh.
The War of 1812 lasted longer than Target did in Canada.
— Jesse Taylor (@jtwpg) January 15, 2015
Target closing Canadian stores. I blame people up here trying to pronounce it with French accent, i.e. 'Tar-Jay'.
— Paul Madsen (@paulmadsen) January 15, 2015
Wtf target you can't just come here and leave stop playing with my emotions
— thor (@theawessler) January 15, 2015
It’s like all my banking info got hacked for nothing now. #Target
— Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) January 15, 2015
So long Target we hardly knew ya. This doesn't mean Zellers is coming back does it? Anything but Zellers
— TORHABSFAN (@TORHABSFAN) January 15, 2015
target is closing all of it's Canadian stores this is why I don't get attached to things
— jessica☯ (@jmacfarlane_) January 15, 2015
Bummed about Target closing before I had the chance to buy one last giant bag of Skittles big enough to feed a small town.
— adamwagner (@adamwagner) January 15, 2015
More than a few people went for the oh-so-painfully obvious “missed the mark” puns – occasionally with a nod to actor David Caruso’s bad one-liners from the show “CSI Miami.”
Looks like target......missed the mark /YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH
— JaredOfLondon (@JaredOfLondon) January 15, 2015
I guess you can say that target... missed the mark https://t.co/9NB1KmSpH3
— Mohamed Mohamed (@MoeSquare) January 15, 2015
Looks like target missed the tar...I'll stop sorry
— harshbir (@Harshbizzle) January 15, 2015
