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Does anyone genuinely believe any for profit company gives two shits about its customers?

They care as far as the customer spends money (or watches ads blah) but as long as people keep coming, no one really cares for the customers.

Who believes that Ronald mcdonald is here to help the customers make the best choice for the customer?

This is just the way, friends and family care for each other.

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Of course they do, it's just they don't care as much as they do about profit. This isn't as bad as it sounds. If you don't look after your profit, you don't stay in business.

That doesn't mean you have to make obscene profits (compared to their burn rate) but most organisations don't, just a few headliners.

"Does anyone genuinely believe any for profit company gives two shits about its customers?"

Yes. I've worked for them and with people who were very concerned about their customers.

Some of us actually care about value being delivered to a customer and the public. Were not all a bunch of greasy mountebanks gaming people to maximize returns.

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