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5 Things to Tell Yourself When ‘The Customer Is Always Right’ Isn’t Working

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INSTORE angrycustomerYou’ve certainly heard the cliche that the customer is always right.

And if you’ve worked in retail for more than, say, 30 minutes, you know it just isn’t true.

Sure, in most cases it’s best to proceed as if it were. But that can be hard to remember when you’re being berated by someone who’s clearly wrong, wrong, wrong.

In that spirit, we present this short list of things you could tell yourself, as a customer rants at you, if the mantra “The customer is always right” is no longer working:

  • “The customer is bigger than me.”
  • “The customer knows tae kwon do.”
  • “The customer enlists the services of a very good personal injury lawyer.”
  • “The customer is always wrong, but luckily I’m a compulsive liar.”
  • “The customer can always go to Yelp and say terrible things about our store.”

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After almost 60 years in business, Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, Pennsylvania, was closing its doors. And the store’s owner, Linda Breakiron, was ready for it. She had run the store as its sole owner since the beginning of the millennium and was looking forward to a change. Of course, she called Wilkerson. Breakiron talked to other jewelers who had used Wilkerson and was satisfied with their response. “They always had positive feedback,” she recalls. With the sales, marketing and even additional inventory that Wilkerson provided, Breakiron insists she could never have accomplished her going-out-of-business sale without Wilkerson’s help. She’s now ready for the journey ahead, but looking back, she’d be sure to recommend Wilkerson. “They just made the whole process very seamless.”

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5 Things to Tell Yourself When ‘The Customer Is Always Right’ Isn’t Working

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Published

7 years ago

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INSTORE angrycustomerYou’ve certainly heard the cliche that the customer is always right.

And if you’ve worked in retail for more than, say, 30 minutes, you know it just isn’t true.

Sure, in most cases it’s best to proceed as if it were. But that can be hard to remember when you’re being berated by someone who’s clearly wrong, wrong, wrong.

In that spirit, we present this short list of things you could tell yourself, as a customer rants at you, if the mantra “The customer is always right” is no longer working:

  • “The customer is bigger than me.”
  • “The customer knows tae kwon do.”
  • “The customer enlists the services of a very good personal injury lawyer.”
  • “The customer is always wrong, but luckily I’m a compulsive liar.”
  • “The customer can always go to Yelp and say terrible things about our store.”

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SPONSORED VIDEO

Looking for a Seamless Sale? Call Wilkerson

After almost 60 years in business, Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, Pennsylvania, was closing its doors. And the store’s owner, Linda Breakiron, was ready for it. She had run the store as its sole owner since the beginning of the millennium and was looking forward to a change. Of course, she called Wilkerson. Breakiron talked to other jewelers who had used Wilkerson and was satisfied with their response. “They always had positive feedback,” she recalls. With the sales, marketing and even additional inventory that Wilkerson provided, Breakiron insists she could never have accomplished her going-out-of-business sale without Wilkerson’s help. She’s now ready for the journey ahead, but looking back, she’d be sure to recommend Wilkerson. “They just made the whole process very seamless.”

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