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    17 hours ago

    Imagine “well actuallying” someone with a lie then posting it as a fact for everyone to repeat all over the internet for years. There is no direct origin and no proof that Selfridge even said it at all.

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      16 hours ago

      Even if Selfridge’s entire existence were a collective fever dream*, the “full quote” is the better quote.

      I can’t imagine anyone who has worked in direct sales, at any amount of money, who genuinely believes “the customer is always right” is more correct of a saying without “in matters of taste”.

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      If everyone born before 1925 was a fever dream, it changes literally nothing about the state of the world today.