Porn audio blares over Target loudspeakers

KARE-TV, Minneapolis

Customers at one Target store got way more than they bargained for when audio from a pornographic video began blaring over the loudspeakers as they shopped Wednesday morning.

It happened at a Target store in San Jose, Calif., according to KPIX-TV. As shoppers perused the aisles they were subjected to explicit language and the sounds of people moaning and groaning with pleasure.

A woman named Gina Young was there with her children, and began videotaping the incident on her phone. She posted it on her Facebook page and it quickly went viral.

"This happened today at Target in Campbell, CA. Porn blasting over the intercom throughout the store," Young posted. "People offered to help me cover my twins' ears. Others threw there stuff down and walked out. Employees were running around everywhere. Picking and hanging up phones, which worked....for about two minutes before it started up again."

"People were screaming at employees, video taping, some laughing some disgusted," she continued. "It was terribly awkward."

Young estimated that the audio was interrupted by a manager's apology, but then it resumed, lasting for more than 15 minutes before someone at the store figured out how to turn it off.

This is the second time pornographic audio has played at a Bay-area Target store.

In July a similar situation unfolded at the Target in San Luis Obispo, Calif. In that case, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that the store was evacuated while employees figured out how to turn off the audio. Police investigators and Target security personnel are trying to determine how the sound systems at the stores were hijacked.

"We are actively reviewing the situation with the team to better understand what happened and to help ensure this doesn't happen again," said Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder in a statement. "Because this is an active investigation, I'm unable to share additional details, but we want our guests to know that we take this very seriously."