A
few years back Target ran an ad where a woman taps on the doors
repeating the words “open, open, open”. This morning people
logging onto Target's website were probably tapping there screens and
repeating the same phrase.
For
the early birds try to snatch up Cyber Monday deals the website was
probably running smoothly. As Reuters
reported by 10:00 am EST (7:00 am PST) that had changed. That is when
traffic on the site increased to the point that Target.com went
crashed or as spokesperson Jenna Rock put it almost almost crashed.
"As
we experience spikes in traffic, our systems place guests in a queue
and prompt them to access the site later," she said. "We
apologize to guests who experience any delays, we appreciate their
patience, and encourage them to try again in a few minutes by
refreshing their browser."
Whether
it actually crashed or was being metered the result was the result
was the same. People expecting to catch all the 15% deals where
logging onto the site only to see a sign telling them hold tight over
delays being caused by a high volume of traffic. If they were lucky
enough to get into the site their frustration wasn't over as they
found that certain items would not load in their carts. Instead of
being able to just put the items in their carts they would get the
following message, "There's
a line for this item. So sorry for the delay."
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