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I don't think its unreasonable to be upset at what Cuban did here. People just want to go back to normal without a billionaire's hired snitch at the table next to them.


It’s like being upset at people posting photos of your disgusting restrooms on Yelp. A public business has to own its own behavior.

Cuban didn’t call out any businesses by name; it was a completely anonymous survey. But if your business is flouting safety expectations you should expect that eventually some customers are going to call you out publicly, with photos, videos etc as supporting evidence.

Mark Cuban did these businesses a favor, if they listen.


He didn't do anything even remotely invasive. If they want to go back to crowded restaurants full of people without masks sitting too close together they are going to discover pretty quickly how big of a mistake that is.


He hired a team of secret snitches. If physical distancing and masks hadn't damaged social trust enough already, now Texans in Dallas have to worry about a billionaire's ability to place hidden tattle tales in their midst.

Even if they had publicly made themselves known, which they should have, you can't seriously argue that what Cuban did wasn't invasive.


How is it invasive? He sent shoppers to determine the rate of compliance. Honestly the government should have done this. I didn’t even see him calling out any location by name. Why are you so angry?


Secret Snitches? You are aware this was all reported anonymously so no one knows what stores were or weren't operating withing guidelines. So who exactly does this affect?




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