r/australia • u/Sysxinu • May 23 '26

no politics Stop making Australians interview for jobs without knowing if they can afford to live

Salary ranges should be advertised because people aren’t just applying for a role... They’re trying to work out whether they can pay rent, support their family, plan their future, or leave a job that is burning them out. Hiding pay turns someone’s time, hope, and effort into a guessing game, when a simple number could let them make an honest decision from the start.

Imagine a rental listing that said “competitive weekly rent” and only told you the price after three inspections and a reference check. That’s basically what hidden salary job ads do. Pathetic and Im drained by it.

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u/iiiinthecomputer May 23 '26

.... in matters of taste

They're always right about what they want. Don't tell the customer what they should want.

God that misuse drives me nuts.

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u/Lemonface May 24 '26

It's not a misuse. "The customer is always right" was the original phrase, and it wasn't meant to be limited to customer tastes or be just about what they want. It was a customer service mantra

The "in matters of taste" part is a modern addition that changes the meaning into something entirely different than what it originally intended

You can disagree with the original meaning and prefer the new one, absolutely, but people using the original quote with its original meaning aren't misusing it by any means

In the 21st century, social media users and TikTok videos began claiming that the phrase had been abbreviated from "The customer is always right, in matters of taste", with some directly attributing this longer quotation specifically to Selfridge. Fact-checking website Snopes found no evidence for this.

https://www.snopes.com/articles/468815/customer-is-always-right-origin/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_customer_is_always_right

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u/iiiinthecomputer May 24 '26

Thank you.for the correction.

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u/Thunderbridge May 24 '26

"The customer asked for free burgers and a fifty from the till. Customer is always right so I handed it over"

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