Journalist David Leavitt visited his local Target store one day and was really excited when he thought an expensive electric toothbrush was being sold for a penny. Sounds a little bit ridiculous, doesn’t it? A powerful electric toothbrush would never be sold for practically nothing.
Leavitt talked to an employee named Tori and tried to convince her to sell him the toothbrush for the price clearly marked as “display.” She didn’t bite, so he called the police and claims he got them on his side.
Then, Leavitt took to Twitter to share his story claiming that Massachusetts law is on his side.
This @target manager Tori is not honoring the price of their items per massachusetts law pic.twitter.com/7IYMjCcutZ
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
Corporations like @target are not above the law. The police officer told me they’d testify that they saw the price and that the manager wouldn’t sell me the item for the price listed.
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) January 17, 2020
The responses to his tweet were clearly not what he expected. Pretty much everyone thinks he is being ridiculous and mean to Tori.
This is embarrassing. Plastering her face online while trying to take advantage of a clear pricing mistake is simply unnecessary. If you’re that set on a free electric toothbrush, then maybe start a GoFundMe. Better yet, don’t.
— Grant McAuley (@grantmcauley) January 17, 2020
Is everyone in this thread completely aware that every display item in a store like Target or Walmart is listed as 0.01😂😂 like come on everyone get it together. It’s not an error!
— Happy, Healthy (but sometimes angry) Housewife (@blackbirkin25) February 6, 2020
One Twitter user even thinks we now have an answer to the question of what to call a male Karen.
Motion to make “Karens” that are male “Davids”
— Pierre Derelicto (@dollaryo) January 17, 2020
Twitter users did more than just tell David how wrong he is. They also started a GoFundMe to send #TargetTori on a vacation, and it raised $34,930. Target Tori has confirmed that she has received the funds, but instead of using the money to take a vacation, she is trying to decide on a charity “that is worthy of your generosity and something that you would ALL be proud to donate to.”
#TargetTori #Tori #GoFundme pic.twitter.com/jbmdBq6mmT
— Target Tori (@RealTargetTori) January 19, 2020
Multiple people commented on Target Tori’s tweet saying that she should take the vacation or at least do something for herself. With the kind of money raised, it’s entirely possible for her to go on vacation and donate a huge portion to charity.
It’s up to $25k now….I’m sure she’ll take a vacation, but that’s like a Maldives vacation twice lol 😂
— christweet (@christweetsss) January 20, 2020