Customer or Client?

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I prefer "Clients", and I think "Customers" is almost insulting. Its just semantics, but I feel like customers removes them, or make them sound separate.

Part of my distane for customer comes from the adversarial relationship that customer/SELLER imply.

Or just scrap both and call them nodes.

TBR

It's just trendiness. You can come up with good reasons to like and dislike both words.

My least favorite is "human resources." I would much rather be thought of as "personnel" because at least it contains the idea of being a person, which is a step or two above being merely a human.

"Resources" are commodities like paper, water, and heating oil. Interchangeable. If one isn't perfect, just throw it away and grab another one.

Here is one such article, "Create a service mind-set for your team's internal clients."

http://builder.com.com/5100-6315-1049756.html

I hope this helps.

Craig Herberg
http://info-safety.com/

There used to be a distinction many years ago but that's faded into antiquity.

The dictionary definition of customer: one that purchases a commodity or service.

The dictionary definition of client: one that is under the protection of another; a person who engages the professional advice or services of another.

Which do you prefer?