Target's "guests"

[Wilson Gray]

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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> 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.
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> Neal
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> On 1/10/2014 10:24 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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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?
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> > * 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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