There is Only One Boss. The Customer.

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. – Sam Walton 

Early yesterday morning, I used the time I had waiting for an inter-island flight to purge old documents from the hard drive of my laptop. I came across a lesson plan I had done with my retail team a few years back on customer service, detailing what we noticed to be the six basic needs of guests visiting our stores. I found the lesson plan was definitely worth keeping, a terrific review on service basics. It was also a reality check, that when it comes to customer service we tend to make things much more difficult than they have to be. Bells and whistles lose their sheen when the basics aren’t covered well first.

This list may read pretty basic to you too. However can you imagine how thrilled we’d all be if this was the customer service we always received?

The Six Basic Needs of Customers