Have most providers stop treating you as a customer?

[+ glutes]

I'm finding current providers less accommodating in initial contact, and then in person. What happened to the  customer is always right?

 

[DMonDude]

I've been on hiring break for a couple weeks. But prior to that i hadn't noticed any issues. The providers who are good had still been good and the ones who weren't good either stayed not good or eventually got better once they figured out how this works. I hadn't noticed or experienced any broader shift in how providers treat us personally.

The customer is definitely not always right though lol.

[NYXboy]

10 hours ago, glutes said:

I'm finding current providers less accommodating in initial contact, and then in person. What happened to the  customer is always right?

 

Have you considered that maybe it's you. 

[Gilfson]

Anyone who’s worked in the service industry will tell you the customer is almost always wrong… the slogan the customer is always right is just something bosses tell their workers so they have to take the abuse of Karen’s and not hurt the companies image by clapping back at people.

[Whoisyourdaddy]

I don't remember ever encountering a mean provider, unless I wanted him to role-play. I also don't remember bad hygiene. Even my worst encounters have been okay. (Knock on wood.) As for age shaving (or even weight), I haven't encountered a provider who was too blatant about it.

Of course, I won't hire a provider whom a legit client hasn't already vetted.

[jeezifonly]

I'd consider two factors:

1) In-person service oriented work experience for entry level men have been in decline for 20 years - online shopping and delivery dining has diminished 1-1 service jobs as stores and restaurants go out of business. The good-looking guys that used to learn service work while in college - waiting tables, front-desking, selling clothes or electronics, are finding other means of paying rent. Being of service is simply not in their vocabulary of money-earning behaviors. 

2) Chemistry. 

Weigh them as you will. 

 

[realestateguy75]

You guys are impossible. The perfect guy doesn't exist. It starts with yourself, your mindset, your vibe. You want better experiences from people? Work on yourself, elevate your frequency and better things will come your way. So much negativity on here, from all I've read, if I was a provider I wouldn't want to be hired by a majority of the guys on here. So many many selfish men who only think of themselves. No wonder why they're so unhappy. 

[+ PhileasFogg]

6 hours ago, Gilfson said:

Anyone who’s worked in the service industry will tell you the customer is almost always wrong… the slogan the customer is always right is just something bosses tell their workers so they have to take the abuse of Karen’s and not hurt the companies image by clapping back at people.

I agree there are plenty of situations where “the customer is always right” simply doesn’t hold. But in the moments when it does surface, it’s usually because the power dynamic makes it so — he with the gold tends to set the tone, for better or worse.

That said, whether provider or purchaser, one truth applies universally: the Dowager Countess had it right — “vulgarity is no substitute for wit.”