Target's nationwide computer glitch left hundreds of customers stuck in lengthy checkout lines at many of the retailer's locations.
According to television station KMOV, employees frantically attempted to solve the issue. Target announced that the error was corrected Sunday. Employees had frantically scurried to find a solution. Associates could not ring up customers with credit cards. Only cash was accepted.
"Earlier this evening, Target experienced a glitch that impacted the speed of checkout at some of our U.S. stores," company officials said. "Since that time, we've been able to restore our check-out process. Once again, we sincerely apologize to anyone inconvenienced by this issue."
One credit card customer told Los Angeles, Calif.'s KABC 7, she stood in line for 30 minutes at a Target in Northridge, Calif.
"Ended up telling us that there was a problem with the system," Nikki Mazerant said. "So she was rebooting the register she was on. While she was rebooting that one, she actually went to the register right behind me. She was literally bouncing between registers, trying to get the people out," she said.
Another buyer in Burbank, Calif., said a portion of customers quickly departed the retailer's locations upon employees announcement about the news.
"It was super crowded I didn't realize it was a problem with the computers and I heard a few people talk about it and they started funneling everyone into one long line," Lisa Russey said.
Mazerant has apparently had enough, and will not shop at anymore Targets.
"I'm not going stop shopping at my Target. This is a onetime incident. I've never had this happen," Mazerant said.
ABC 7 said there were problems at Culver City, Palmdale, downtown Los Angeles, and Granada Hill locations.
The issue came a day before a chief information security officer was poised to start work, as the company rebounds from a data breach in 2013.
