Would've been funny if they did
Roomful of people, half of whom were pretending to be "service users". Very PC, that.

Thinking about it, it could catch on as a playground taunt - "ha ha! He's a service user!"...
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:57, 1 reply)

I've just been on an 'Assisted Eating and Drinking' training course, the highlight of which, was pairing up, then feeding each other yoghurt with the person being fed acting as Service User. We had a list of traits to try including:
Being unable to close your mouth
Rocking your head from side to side
Keeping your tongue out
We then had to note our findings as both Support Worker and Service User.

"Funny as fuck" is not the blanket answer they were looking for...
( TheMattInAHat has a particular... odour..., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 17:27, closed)

Service user?
Is that the pc way of calling someone a retard?
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:48, closed)

Well we generally prefer learning disability...

( TheMattInAHat has a particular... odour..., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:18, closed)

At least it's better than "client"
Clients are people who pay for things. In the case of social services, the clients are we-the-taxpayers, not them-the-scrotes.
(ubergeekian, Sun 18 Mar 2012, 1:50, closed)