i knew there was a reason.
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
I did not know this!
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now you know going in )
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;)
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…and can hopefully find your way out again.
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I have always felt it’s an alienating experience to spend some time in a mall…
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Absolutely
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This is so funny, Beth! 🤗 I get disoriented but my family knows where I always park. . . .it used to be by Sears and is now by the food court entrance. (Shhh-h, bathrooms located there. 😉)
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I have always been lost in places like this)
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Oh, I do too! Like the blind leading the blind. Oh, I also loved the Seinfeld episode where they forget what floor of the parking garage they left their car. 😀
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i totally get this, robin )
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😊 thanks for getting this. . .
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If you ever get to San Diego visit Horton Plaza downtown. It is about 6 levels that will disorient you.
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omg
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At least now we have a name to blame, Beth! stinkin’ Gruen.
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Exactly!
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I didn’t know that!
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Neither did I )
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And so now we know – all this time I thought the mall experience was the “groan” factor….
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Didn’t mean to go “anonymous”….(heavy “groan”)
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No worries)
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Who knew?
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I didn’t know there was a name for this. Thanks for posting. Several years ago someone told me that stores don’t have clocks for this very reason, and I check every so often, and haven’t seen a prominent clock.
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That makes sense
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Mmmm, casino’s, shopping centers,my child’s school and most recently discovered… the streets of Prague. Thanks Beth I thought it I was just awful at directions, all make sense now.
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See – me too!
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Fascinating! If I’m ever rich enough to build a shopping mall I will call it the Gruen Transfer in your honor. :)
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i am honored )
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I am not the only one lost then, at the malls! :) Now I know the reason why I don’t often go anymore.
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it happens to kind of everywhere. the transfer must follow me. )
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:) :)
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Wow! Love learning something new!! 😃
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i do too –
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Maybe there really is a reason for everything.
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perhaps…
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Thank you I didn’t know that I love learning new things Beth
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i do too, kat –
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Well THAT certainly explains it!
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it not us, it’s them! )
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