the customer is always right

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Proverb

the customer is always right

1. Service staff should give high priority to customer satisfaction.

Translations

proverb

• Arabic: العَمِيلُ دَائِمًا عَلَى حَقٍّ (al-ʕamīlu dāʔiman ʕalā ḥaqqin)
• Catalan: el client sempre té la raó
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顧客永遠是對的／顾客永远是对的 (gùkè yǒngyuǎn shì duì de), 顧客就是上帝／顾客就是上帝 (gùkè jiùshì shàngdì)

• Danish: kunden har altid ret
• Dutch: de klant is koning
• Finnish: asiakas on aina oikeassa
• French: le client est roi (fr) (literally “the customer is king”), le client a toujours raison
• German: der Kunde ist König
• Italian: il cliente ha sempre ragione
• Japanese: お客様は神様です (おきゃくさまはかみさまです, okyakusama wa kamisama desu, literally “the customer is God”)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kunden har alltid rett

• Polish: klient ma zawsze rację
• Portuguese: o freguês tem sempre razão, o cliente tem sempre razão
• Russian: клиент всегда прав (ru) (klijent vsegda prav), покупатель всегда прав (pokupatelʹ vsegda prav)
• Spanish: el cliente siempre tiene la razón
• Swedish: kunden har alltid rätt
• Thai: ลูกค้าคือพระเจ้า (lûuk-káa-kʉʉ-prá-jâao)
• Vietnamese: khách hàng luôn đúng

See also

• customer-oriented