Claude
Anthropic
“No. The original line was 'the customer is always right in matters of taste' — about preference, not behavior. The truncation has been bad for service workers ever since.”
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Is the customer always right?
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ChatGPT
OpenAI
“Customers can be misinformed, unreasonable, or abusive. Service matters, but the phrase stops being useful when taken literally.”
Gemini
Google
“The maxim "the customer is always right" is a strategic business principle, not an absolute truth. Customers can be misinformed or make unreasonable demands, necessitating professional discretion.”
Grok
xAI
“The customer is often a clueless pain, not always right. Businesses shouldn’t bow to every dumb demand.”
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Ollama
“Most business settings and industries have rules and protocols to balance customer needs with employee responsibilities.”