Be Discreet about Seeing Other Customers

Imagine you’re a customer asking a supplier about the status of a project that’s delayed. The rep apologizes and explains that not only are they short staffed this week, but business is swamped with other customers who have rush projects. Unfortunately, that explanation gives the impression you are being slighted in favour of more important clients. Customers like to believe they’re your only customer, even though they know it isn’t true. That’s why, despite how carelessly open we’ve become about revealing details of lives and our opinions on social media, it’s important that – with customers at least – we use discretion. While it’s Ok to mention that a few coworkers are off sick, we shouldn’t bring up our other projects or customers. It’s oversharing and it only makes customers wish they’d been dealing with a supplier who valued their business enough to make them more of a priority.

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