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Sherman A1

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8. I loathed that term when it was foisted upon us

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 13, 2018, 07:03 AM

Jul 2018

Years ago during my 4+ decades in Retail, the folks shopping were Customers, not guests and I absolutely refused to use it. Likewise I would not refer to myself or co-workers as Teammates. I hired on as an employee and I retired as an employee. The trendy buzzwords of the rocket scientists at the Ivory Tower notwithstanding.

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And now we have another reason to boycott this place Raastan Jul 2018 #4

If we are "guests" in these stores, how come we have to pay for things? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2018 #5

Lol with this brand. Along w/ homes, 'guest' can mean hotel, restaurant, club- appalachiablue Jul 2018 #6

I loathed that term when it was foisted upon us Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #8

Fun fact: they used to do this at Scottish homes. malthaussen Jul 2018 #10

Christ, that patent excerpt reads like an 8 year old wrote it. malthaussen Jul 2018 #9

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