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Re:I hired a team of shoppers to find out how businesses wer... by fastball on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:43AM (#23142649)
I am merely taking the wording at face value. The point was not "is this a place I would want to shop?", it was "is this a place I would take my family?" The implication is clearly different.
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Re:I hired a team of shoppers to find out how businesses wer... by ashtonkem on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:44AM (#23142660)
That’s an uncharitably narrow interpretation, and kind of a silly point to argue.
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Re:I hired a team of shoppers to find out how businesses wer... by fastball on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:47AM (#23142697)
It's really not. That is the literal wording of the quote.
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Re:I hired a team of shoppers to find out how businesses wer... by ashtonkem on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:50AM (#23142735)
“Family” includes all members of the family, including the parents. If he wanted to refer to just his children he would’ve said “children”.
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