Target's "guests"

[Jonathan Lighter]

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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> 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
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> 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
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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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> >>> 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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