Target's "guests"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Consumer Consultant" would  manipulate the employee only till the first
paycheck. Because salary.

JL


On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> I don't care whether or how companies manipulate their employees.  I
> do care how they manipulate their customers (me).
>
> Joel
>
> At 1/11/2014 08:30 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Seems I posted years ago about the salesman at now-defunct Circuit City
> >whose card read "Consumer Consultant."
> >
> >That was, appropriately, in 1984.
> >
> >Manipulative euphemisms seem to work on all but the most cynical. American
> >milestones: "Pro-Life" and "Pro-Choice."
> >
> >JL
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 5:56 AM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com>
> wrote:
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> > > Subject:      Re: Target's "guests"
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> > > and Wal Marts associates
> > > and Human Resources for Personnel
> > > and
> > > and
> > > and we euphemism ourselves into a two tier society.  Of course these
> > > aren't euphemisms, these are manipulations
> > >
> > > On 1/10/2014 11:11 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > > > Have you shopped at your local Ford store, lately?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Neal Whitman <
> nwhitman at ameritech.net
> > > >wrote:
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> > > >> Subject:      Re: Target's "guests"
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> > > >> I remember my dad having a problem with this sense of "guest" since
> at
> > > >> least as far back as our family trip to Disney World (1989). He
> didn't
> > > >> like being called a guest when he was having to pay a lot of money
> for
> > > >> us to get in there. Guests should get in free.
> > > >>
> > > >> Neal
> > > >>
> > > >> On 1/10/2014 10:24 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > > >>> Poster:       "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> > > >>> Subject:      Target's "guests"
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> > > >>> Target's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Gregg W.
> > > >>> Steinhafel continues to refer to those at risk due to its failure
> to
> > > >>> keep their personal information secure as "guests".*  But I wonder
> --
> > > >>> does that let Target claim it does not have a contractual
> > > >>> responsibility to its (house-?) guests that a less with-it company
> > > >>> might have to its customers?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> * This apparently is their standard nomenclature.  I never
> > > >>> knew.  Because I've never shopped at Target.  And I don't listen to
> > > >>> their commercials.  I guess I'm not at risk.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Joel
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