would a sign reading 'Customer Service' at your local public library bother you?

[© tweed]

the library in Huntington NY has such a sign.  I complained to the 105lb desk girl about it, and may or may not have used the word 'Thatcherization' in the process

[Ban my account ffs!]

Clearly.

[Kitteh]

Tweed coming up to me and complaining about some random sign and Thatcherization would bother me more than said sign.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yes, but:

Tweed coming up to me and complaining about some random sign and Thatcherization would bother me more than said sign.

[Хahar 🤔]

Yes. Libraries have patrons, not customers.

[Indy Texas]

What the hell else do you call the desk where you go for help?

Does going into an establishment with the intent of using their services not make one a customer?

I'd think being thought of as a "customer" - whose involvement with a given establishment is voluntary and contingent on good service - would be preferable to them simply seeing you as a taxpayer who has to support the library whether they like it or not and thus they really don't care if you're "satisfied" or not.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Yes, but:

Tweed coming up to me and complaining about some random sign and Thatcherization would bother me more than said sign.

[RogueBeaver]

Yes, but:

Tweed coming up to me and complaining about some random sign and Thatcherization would bother me more than said sign.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Yes, but:

Tweed coming up to me and complaining about some random sign and Thatcherization would bother me more than said sign.

[Ban my account ffs!]

What the hell else do you call the desk where you go for help?

Does going into an establishment with the intent of using their services not make one a customer?

I'd think being thought of as a "customer" - whose involvement with a given establishment is voluntary and contingent on good service - would be preferable to them simply seeing you as a taxpayer who has to support the library whether they like it or not and thus they really don't care if you're "satisfied" or not.

"Information"

or

"Help"

or

Library Services

or

"Twee, get help"

And I realize I forgot the D... but then I thought it was better to just leave it off.

[© tweed]

to this lady I was not Tweed.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Yes, but:

Tweed coming up to me and complaining about some random sign and Thatcherization would bother me more than said sign.

[Lief 🗽]

Yes, neoliberalism is a scourge.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3uchip

[dead0man]

hahaahh, you people are bothered by the corniest of sh**t....grow a skin pussies


(unless you're all just making fun of Tweed and I don't get it...if that's the case, ignore this post)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

When I was working at a library the employee guidebook had a section on "consumer relations" or some such thing.  That word "consumer" bothered me, as did the whole concept that we were to push books or services on the hungry sheeples, like trying to sell something instead of being there to help people find what they need.  In government orgs you'll often find something like a profit motive, except instead of making money you're trying to spend it.  So, I don't find "customer" quite as annoying as that overused "consumer," though it's not the right word.