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“Fly someone else.” April 15, 2008

Filed under: business, customer service, sales — wellthylifestyle @ 6:50 pm
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Southwest Airlines has arguably the best customer service of any airline. You can be well assured of being treated equally and wonderfully–I’ve certainly never had a complaint. But those customers who create trouble, mistreat the employees, or otherwise make the experience a pain for those around them get a hand-signed letter from the CEO of Southwest Airlines himself: “Fly someone else.”

Remember the adage “the customer is always right?”

We’ve all seen and heard horror stories where the customer took that adage a little too close to heart.

You’ll always come across “that” customer, or even a few at the same time, who make frivolous returns, scream in front of other customers over the most minor of infractions, harp on you about your prices, haggle for a discount, and then go across the street and buy from your competitor anyway.

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