Cliches are everywhere in public language. An example? The word 'customer.' It's a market or business world meaning purchasers who exchange money for commodities.
Fair enough. It makes sense does it not?
But it becomes a cliche when universities have customers and bureaucracies have customers. And when does the CIA have customers.
Very odd.
Does the national security state have customers? Hardly. It has internal and external enemies.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at March 10, 2004 09:24 PM | TrackBackAnd when hospitals have customers.
Or clients. A client is a customer who begs.
Posted by: David Tiley on March 15, 2004 02:34 PMDavid,
I thought clients had to do with the top down welfare state run by experts and bureaucrats.
We passively received what they offered us, were grateful and did not complain.
Posted by: Gary Sauer-Thompson on March 15, 2004 08:07 PM