private void CustomersCollectionChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Action == NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Remove)
            {
                foreach (object item in e.OldItems)
                {
                    CustomerUIObject customerObject = item as CustomerUIObject;

                    // use the data access layer to delete the wrapped data object
                    _dataAccessLayer.DeleteCustomer(customerObject.GetDataObject());
                }
            }
        }