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In matters of taste.
The full quote is "The customer is always right in matters of taste."
No, it's not. This and other 'rewrites' of phrases to mean the opposite thing (like 'blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb') all have no evidence of being 'the original saying'.
I've checked, and You are right. The "matter of taste" and "waters of womb" parts are a recent addition. But it doesn't make the oryginał proverb any better. The customer is always right is a bunch of capitalist bullshit.
Yeah, agreed. But 'customer is always right' is a slogan made by businessmen, so it's no surprise it's capitalist BS.
It's a marketing term anyway, said by them as advertisements for their businesses, same as like, BK's "have it your way". Just another case of ads sticking in pop culture well past their actual relevancy.
"The customer is always right. The vendor is always further right [wing]."
Wait really? I learned both of these things online and thought it was actually real information.
one of the earliest attributions is to marshall field (of the old department stores), it was actually:
another of his was "Give the lady what she wants." -- which might be what inspired the later "The customer is always right...in matters of taste." variation.
I've never heard the saying "the customer is always right" used genuinely tough.
Its only ever said to point out what a stupid saying it is.
I'm going to go in a different direction from the other reply thread and say that I don't give a fuck what the original quote was or the original intent. Just because a saying is famous doesn't mean the original version of it had all the wisdom, or any at all.
The customer is right in knowing what they want and are willing to spend money on, even if it's stupid, because ultimately they decide whether or not they will spend that money. That doesn't mean they are worth dealing with.
Personally, I would rather spend money at a business that "fires" their shitty customers, from line jumpers (was just at an amusement park that actually dealt with two different sets of line jumpers while I was there and it was glorious) to those that harass people that probably agree with them but don't make the rules.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wrC9NtrgIUk