I hate the word ‘Consumer’ or I mockingly call it ‘CONSOOMER’. Because that’s to imply everyone in the world is just cattle, but with wallets. We’re no longer customers. We’re consumers now. And a consumer’s purpose is to consume shit, whatever is put out there. Got money? Shut up and consume, it’s what corporate interests and capitalism itself thrive on. Consume and consume.
“Customer” in a healthcare setting.
Well at least health care hasn’t started using the word consumer yet!
Oh it has.
People have been called this in the cosmetic and otherwise elective space for a very long time.
Because that’s what they are.
Consumer = customer stuck on treadwheel.
“Customer” in an unemployment agency setting. Before you call a person customer, treat them like one.
They avoid using that term and instead use “patient” but these are patients of money extracting procedures regardless.
I haven’t seen that in healthcare settings yet. Just curious what context it was in specifically.
service user
Thanks, I hate that, as well
