Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

As someone that has sent the literal exact same robot-vacuum-cleaner about 10 times for repair (because they just keep sending it back without doing anything): sometimes the customer is actually right.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    The customer is always right in matters of taste.

    Is the full saying.

    If a customer wants to buy an ugly sweater, for example, they should be able to do so.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    There is no saying. I didn't say "always right". Notice how I said "sometimes right".

    Customers are human beings. If I know I'm right (because I can see with my own eyes that the vacuum doesn't work), and you treat me like that because "whether the vacuum works or not is not a matter of taste" I'm just never going to do business with you again.

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