Saturday, 22 February 2014

What am I?

No photo, just a comment. Got called a 'guest' in Toys R Us today. Seems to me to be the most stupid of euphemisms...why can't I just be a customer?

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  1. Did they make you feel at home?

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  2. No! It just felt awkward. I didn't know her, she didn't know me, and I just wanted to buy a cot! I'm in favour of calling a spade a spade, and being a customer. I have since been called a guest elsewhere, so obviously someone did a survey. 'Guest sort of changes the relationship from money for goods to something else, I'm not sure what...

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  3. This is like the client/patient debate. In nursing there is the thought that the client has more rights than the patient, & may also take a more active interest in their own care, & not just lie back & take what is thrown at them.

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