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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 209 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Hmm, our focus group revealed that showing the 'home owner' having to wear PPE made them think the work was dangerous. So lose the PPE for the ads."

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 138 points 1 year ago

That sounds extremely plausible.

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 1 year ago

More like the focus group thought the masks were “super gay fauci shit” so home depot went with “guy wearing $2 safety glasses that don’t even have a dust seal”

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[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Which is stipid, cause it’s one of those things that isn’t dangerous if you take the right precautions…like riding a bike with a helmet.

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