Girl Gets Fired From Her Job At Target After Prank Goes Viral
By Aimee LutkinUpdated Oct. 30 2018, 1:16 p.m. ET
Pranks are the worst โ especially when you're the unsuspecting victim or you end up getting investigated by the FBI because you took the joke a little bit too far (and broke the law). But when executed correctly, pranks can get you a lot of attention and even go viral, which is not always a good thing as one former Target employee learned. What started as a fun video with her best friend quickly turned into her having to update her resume and look for a new job.
Twitter user @Delilah810 found this lesson out the hard way, after her "prank" on her best friend in the parking lot of a Target went viral. In it, she pushed that friend, who is sitting in a shopping cart, into a push. It looks pretty gnarly, but the friend was apparently unscathed:
Perks of having the same job as your best friend ๐คช๐คช pic.twitter.com/lqweoWmKMh
โ dee (@delilah810) May 4, 2018They look like they're having a blast, to be fair, but it's a pretty dangerous thing to do. Darn, I sound old!
@Deliliah810's tweet was doing pretty well already, but then she added an update:
Update: I got fired yโall https://t.co/j98iLghJer
โ dee (@delilah810) May 6, 2018Wow, no kidding.
She seems chill with it, though. Maybe because she's managed to maintain her friendship, despite everything:
Yes guys we are still best friends pic.twitter.com/YFwtvehpPz
โ dee (@delilah810) May 7, 2018Though many of @Deliliah810's fans are just run of the mill Twitter users who love a good parking lot disaster vid, there are also a wholllllle lotta people who work at or once worked at Target, too.
Lmaooo how u get fired ๐ญ idk if I should even talk to you cause I work at Target too. They might be watching ๐๐๐
โ Sam I Am ๐๐ฅ (@Sammii__Samm) May 7, 2018Also a target employee
โ shay. (@iShayMonet) May 7, 2018Damn this just turned into the Target employee family reunion ๐ pic.twitter.com/ShXKz57NWm
โ Sam I Am ๐๐ฅ (@Sammii__Samm) May 7, 2018Am I too late? pic.twitter.com/aVAhZSCsby
โ joh๐ญ๐น (@dayakordei) May 7, 2018Girl we just started barbecuing ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/EMzb3EAT82
โ Sam I Am ๐๐ฅ (@Sammii__Samm) May 7, 2018What should I bring? Potluck? Lol ๐
โ Sel (@misslacedup) May 7, 2018Man, if getting thrown into a push is what happens on a work day, what do Target employees get up to at a barbecue?
But there are plenty of people who are enjoying this story even if they have no personal association with Target.
It's very meme-able:
Me rn pic.twitter.com/uF1B4zkShF
โ UNLONELYPENDEJO ๐ฒ๐ฝ (@ivan_marquez1) May 4, 2018And they're loving her, no matter what she's done:
Lmao this really funny asf https://t.co/6pHTsHiksP
โ ๐โ๏ธ๐ฐ (@BeYond_ChiLdish) May 6, 2018Im suddenly boycotting that target #BringBackDelilah
โ carlos cantu (@losocantu) May 6, 2018Anybody hiring ???!
โ (D)LaFlame (@TDamienXX) May 6, 2018Because they hate Target:
Target is really one of the worst places to work at ๐๐๐
โ ์ ์ด๋ฆฌ ๐ฎ (@vshleynvrvnjo) May 7, 2018They fired me a month after I was hired saying my performance was slow when I barely received any training. They expected me to learn everything on my own.
โ Alexander F. Spencer (@Navajo_Spencer1) May 8, 2018They only care about how much money you can make them. The words Red Cards are still in my nightmares. And not to long ago they cut hours down by 50% to all those who don't sell merchandise to costumers. (that's a lot of employees hours lost) Also they decided to lower the pay.
โ Adam Lackey (@Adam_Lackey21) May 7, 2018Don't worry, there are plenty of other companies that could use @Delilah810's skills:
@melburton517 we still in the clear ;) pic.twitter.com/qsLi6JiILD
โ Nicole Smytheโข (@nicolesmythe7) May 7, 2018Find your path and follow it!
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