# Target woman in red tracksuit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512 "2010-11-22T03:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/1 "2010-11-22T03:59:53Z")
Target has been showing a commercial with a woman training for Black Friday. Does anyone else find the sight of her running in the aisles in tracksuit and heels creepily interesting? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/2 "2010-11-22T04:10:28Z")
No. No offense, but those commercials trigger my “dive for the remote” reflex. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/3 "2010-11-22T04:19:34Z")
It’s Maria Bamford: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnLedkBjWg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnLedkBjWg) ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/4 "2010-11-22T09:39:03Z")
The way her pants fit reminds me way too much of Molly Shannon’s “I’m Fifty Years Old” SNL character. ---
**Author:** ![shamblesmaybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@shamblesmaybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamblesmaybe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/5 "2010-11-22T09:48:49Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Target has been showing a commercial with a woman training for Black Friday. Does anyone else find the sight of her running in the aisles in tracksuit and heels creepily interesting? I’ve not seen it but maybe I would… provided she was running away. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/6 "2010-11-22T15:39:08Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > No. No offense, but those commercials trigger my “dive for the remote” reflex. Mine too. If someone else has the control it elicits an inevitable Darth Vaderesque “Nooooooooo!” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/7 "2010-11-22T17:09:38Z")
I find the image of her running full tilt in heels somewhat hilarious. I also think she resembles Amy Sedaris, who I find really funny, so that might be coloring my perception a bit. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/8 "2010-11-22T17:29:25Z")
I’m thinking that she is supposed to be similar to Veronica on “Better Off Ted”. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/9 "2010-11-22T19:50:32Z")
Creepy yes, interesting, no. Those pants she’s wearing are just…_wrong_…and she’s far too manic. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/10 "2010-11-23T01:38:25Z")
Maybe she will be trampled when the doors open at 4 AM.😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/11 "2010-11-23T02:52:17Z")
I think she’s hysterical, I’m really glad they brought her back this year. “I haven’t slept in days – _days!_” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/12 "2010-11-23T03:15:09Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > No. No offense, but those commercials trigger my “dive for the remote” reflex. This ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/13 "2010-11-23T03:26:48Z")
She repels me, yet I cannot look away! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/14 "2010-11-23T04:07:47Z")
Good lord but I HATE that commercial, and the woman is scary as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/15 "2010-11-23T14:15:29Z")
Maria Bamford has always given me a chuckle ---
**Author:** ![bigdfrombigd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bigdfrombigd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigdfrombigd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/16 "2010-11-23T20:37:38Z")
I think it’s hysterical. The way she’s running through Target with the high heels on and the parachute behind her is effin’ hysterical. Especially the way she’s kind of hunched over. It never get’s old for me! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/17 "2010-11-23T20:39:00Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > I’m thinking that she is supposed to be similar to Veronica on “Better Off Ted”. I was catching a Sue Sylvester vibe. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-woman-in-red-tracksuit/561512/18 "2010-11-23T21:00:43Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > I was catching a Sue Sylvester vibe. She’s way crazier than Sue.