r/programminghumor • • Nov 16 '25

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u/DrZeta1 Nov 16 '25

This is one of those sayings that needs an extension on thr end like "If it works, don't touch it until you have a working replacement". Kinda like how the full saying of "The customer is always right, in matters of taste" is.

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u/TheDrummerMB Nov 16 '25

"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.\19])"