It's all about cash flow,the importance of the participants, and from whose perspective it's viewed.
We went from customers to consumers when it stopped being about us buying things, and started being about corporations taking our money and tracking our spending. <b>B'OR</b> said it best - it's about wanting our <i>business</i> vs wanting our <i>money</i>.
Just yesterday I told the manager at my grocery store, "You know - I preferred the old , "How are you tonight, sir?" to the new, "Do you have your Kroger's card with you?"
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If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors:
"If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too."
It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.
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