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Challenged

Back in January, a few young obliviots bit into laundry detergent as part of the so-called “Tide Pod Challenge” (the American Association of Poison Control Centers dealt with fewer than 40 cases among teenagers that month), and panic swept the nation. Now it’s December, and Kaylea Kesterson has challenged a store layout: the supermarket near her son’s high school in Greeley, Colo., was using an aisle end display to sell Tide Pods — near the candy and popcorn. “I think it’s sending a weird message,” the concerned mother said. A King Soopers representative said by email that the detergent was moved. “We take customer feedback very serious,” he wrote. (AC/Greeley Tribune) ...Does anyone have feedback on their “weird message” about spelling and grammar?
Original Publication Date: 16 December 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.

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