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I've been looking at the instructions for these Friends sets, and I realized something that bothered me in the official pics.
There are no workers! Sure, there are sets where the girls own and operate their own small startup businesses - lemonade stands, smoothie stands, and foal-washing stations, but the Heartlake Mall comes with four minidolls, one who shops at the sporting goods store, one who's getting a facial, one there to take pictures of the dog show, and... ok, the DJ is technically working there, but where are the cooks, the cashiers, the manicurists? Is the boy with the camera skipping out on his pizza job to take pictures of dogs? Is it a do-it-yourself spa with a suggested donation box?
This mall exists in a capitalist vacuum where the minidolls are free to wander in and out of shops, taking goods and services willy-nilly with no oversight. Paradisa box art businesses were always staffed to ensure children understood their place in the market.
