> This criterion is ridiculously out of touch with reality. I just hired some people to trim my trees. I told them exactly which trees to trim, in some cases, w

> This criterion is ridiculously out of touch with reality. I just hired some people to trim my trees. I told them exactly which trees to trim, in some cases, which specific limbs to cut off. That doesn't make the tree-trimmers my employees. But this legal notion has multiple criteria, all of which need satisfaction to arrive at a conclusion. Cherry picking a single criterion in this instance makes no sense unless you apply all to your metaphor.