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 *''For those who do to be as well disposed towards buying from you as can be''.
-Your ''second-order'' object, is to comply with regulatory guidance that they all wear masks. Now some customers might think this guidance idiotic. Others might think it essential to the continued progress of ''homo sapiens'' on planet Earth. It is not the [[JC]]’s goal to rush in where [[tiresome]] angels fear to tread, so he will stay out of the debate. But people are polarised on the issue so, as a shopkeeper, your best gambit is to stay out of the debate too. ''You don’t make the rules''. Don’t defend ''or'' attack them. ''Play the ball''.
+Your ''second-order'' object, is to comply with regulatory guidance that they all wear masks. Now some customers might think this guidance idiotic. Others might think it essential to the continued progress of ''homo sapiens'' on planet Earth. It is not the [[JC]]’s goal to rush in where [[tiresome]] angels fear to tread, so he will stay out of the debate. You should, too: people are polarised on the issue so,  people on either side of the issue are your customers, don’t take a position. You don’t make the rules. ''Play the ball''.
 [[File:Rectal thermometer.jpg|250px|thumb|right|When it is important to be the first one to be tested]]So how do you write your sign? Consider four means of skinning the same cat: