That is too funny and too disconcerting at the same time. My earlier rant stems from what one might think is a problem in language translation. I will guess that 50% of blurred meaning can be attributed to an honest lack of translation facility. However, I think many vendors, salesmen, and sales departments will purposely ignore, if not inject, ambiguous language into descriptions and instructions of devices and components that they are hawking. My guess is that the miscommunications may result in a 2% increase in sales because of device destruction from misuse. My observations lead me to believe that businesses such as Walmart incorporate related tactics which they believe to increase sales. If the new stock of toaster ovens is to be retailed at $18.59, former price tags of $17.99 are to be left on the shelf rail. $17.99 is under $18.00. $18.59 is almost $20. Wally paid out a lot of cash to have egghead psych majors define the sub-conscience workings of the general public. I am sure they spend bucu $s on lawyers to predict how far they can push these soft-fraud schemes. It is a sad commentary on the state of the souls of business people everywhere. I believe that a sense of coming doom and gloom nurtures the practice of questionable sales tactics. All that aside, may I copy your last reply to have on hand for a bit of comic relief?
Feel free, I have to admit I was dying inside.
Sign of the times Dave
