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"The customer is always right."
As someone who once worked retail, I hate that fucking statement.
In matters of taste.
Not in every single way... I hate how the twisting of this phrase has resulted in abuse of an entire sectors workforce.
Sorry you were one of them too :(
That in matters of taste bit was added recently, started circulating on tiktok. There's no evidence of it being part of the original saying.
I had to look this up.
In short, point to you for your correctness on the origin.