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Customer Service Quotes

Part II of a great collection of customer service quotes to help motivate and inspire..

Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give people more than what they expect to get.
Nelson Boswell

I don't think companies will ever be really done with being as focused on their customers as they could be.
Adam Klaber

I won't complain. I just won't come back.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Ad

If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.
Jonathan Alter

If the shopper feels like it was poor service, then it was poor service. We are in the customer perception business.
Mark Perrault, Rally Stores

If we don’t take care of our customers, someone else will.
Unknown

If you don’t genuinely like your customers, chances are they won’t buy.
Tom Watson

If you don’t understand that you work for your mislabeled subordinates, then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.
Dee Hock, CEO Emertus Visa Int’l

If you get everybody in the company involved in customer service, not only are they 'feeling the customer' but they're also getting a feeling for what's not working. That's the key -listening to make sure that you understand the customers and that you make them feel that you understand. When a customer calls up with a complaint, we obviously can't change the past. But we have to deal with the problem.
Penny Handscomb

If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy step… the extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question: What ELSE could we do?
Dale Dauten

In business you get what you want by giving other people what they want.
Alice MacDougall

In the world of Internet Customer Service, it's important to remember your competitor is only one mouse click away.
Doug Warner

It starts with respect. If you respect the customer as a human being, and truly honor their right to be treated fairly and honestly, everything else is much easier.
Doug Smith

Let me pass, I have to follow them, I am their leader.
Alexandra Ledru-Rollin

Maybe 'Customer Service' should be more than one department.
SAP Ad

Never underestimate the power of the irate customer.
Joel Ross

Organizations have more to fear from lack of quality internal customer service than from any level of external customer service.
Ron Tillotson

People don’t want to communicate with an organization or a computer. They want to talk to a real, live, responsive, responsible person who will listen and help them get satisfaction.
Theo Michelson, State Farm Insurance

People expect good service but few are willing to give it.
Robert Gately

Part III - More Customer Service Quotes

This collection of customer service quotes is courtesy of Business Training Works, Inc. an onsite training company specializing in instructor-led, soft skills training. They partner with organizations to help people improve the basic skills essential to business success: communication, writing, business etiquette, negotiation, self-management, etc. For more details visit www.businesstrainingworks.com.

 

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