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I don't think I've ever met a service industry person who liked it when their name was used by someone they didn't know personally. It certainly made me uncomfortable.
Yeah when my name is used by a customer, even in a positive context (unless they are talking to someone else to say how good I was), I assume they are going to use my name to harm my job in some way. Don't think that is too unreasonable in today's service industry.
Definitely had a few customers who we both know our names and are actually interested in chatting. But it's like 1/1000.
Especially because the fucking corps have made it so easy to do by accident. They want to gush about my service, but give me 4/5 stars because "nobody's perfect", and I can get dinged for it. They want to praise me for taking extra time with them, and corporate might hear that I'm exceeding my allotted time per customer.
It's bullshit.