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10. Find another job if you can't pretend to be nice.

Sat May 11, 2013, 02:23 AM

May 2013

Being nice or being polite is the easy part of the job. If you can't handle that part of customer service, I wonder how long you're going to keep your job.

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Politically correct or intellectually rude?? [View all] MichelleB May 2013 OP

You'd be amazed at the many shades of meaning of a smile accompanied by the words, freshwest May 2013 #1

Good advice. truebluegreen May 2013 #28

I see English as a toolbox Half-Century Man May 2013 #2

My default reply to a rude personal attack... defacto7 May 2013 #3

"vertically challenged" sounds way worse than "short" JI7 May 2013 #4

Short people got no reason OriginalGeek May 2013 #5

Wow... you're a lot more politiclly correct than I am. Jasana May 2013 #6

"Politically correct" is a RW term loyalsister May 2013 #7

I get called fat all the time. Mr. X May 2013 #13

Good for you loyalsister May 2013 #17

"There is a difference between calling a man or woman fat" - oh, piss off. sibelian May 2013 #32

Whose cold harsh truth? Iris May 2013 #18

To my above... Mr. X May 2013 #31

callling someone "illegal" really grates on me. CTyankee May 2013 #64

the thing is, when polite people notice something that's socially considered a flaw -- like being HiPointDem May 2013 #22

But we do refer to people with diabetes as 'diabetic,' to people with disabilities as 'disabled,' HiPointDem May 2013 #21

Some people do loyalsister May 2013 #42

In my world, people can be tired, handsome, a dancer, diabetic, young, and deaf, all at the same HiPointDem May 2013 #46

Your point is valid loyalsister May 2013 #47

as i'd already said i try to call people as they chose to be called, not sure why the lecture is HiPointDem May 2013 #48

And I explained why words matter loyalsister May 2013 #50

As I've already explained, there's nothing in the language itself that categorizes them in limited HiPointDem May 2013 #52

It wasn't always rucky May 2013 #27

I recall "politically correct" beginning as a left wing term meaning the person referred to has so byeya May 2013 #35

Exactly loyalsister May 2013 #43

Thanks. It's good to know my memory has not failed me here. byeya May 2013 #49

I generally tell people I'm short, fat, have brown hair. Shrike47 May 2013 #8

Political correctness is simply GOOD MANNERS. Zoeisright May 2013 #9

It sometimes *is* difficult, because different people take offense to different things, and HiPointDem May 2013 #23

Political correctness is simply NOT GOOD MANNERS. RC May 2013 #36

Here, here. +++++!! Locut0s May 2013 #66

Kinda like.... TnDem May 2013 #67

Find another job if you can't pretend to be nice. Quantess May 2013 #10

I've been in customer service for 20 years.. MichelleB May 2013 #12

Fortunately for me, I wasn't in public service. Shrike47 May 2013 #14

a huge sparkly bouncy ball Quantess May 2013 #16

Great feed back!!! MichelleB May 2013 #11

If someone called me "vertically challenged" ... dmr May 2013 #15

I once thought of a thing Beearewhyain May 2013 #19

A friend of mine suggested LostOne4Ever May 2013 #20

I love that example. It's very much like something my father told me one day when I was puzzled. freshwest May 2013 #44

I think your example is better LostOne4Ever May 2013 #57

Same feeling and logic. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Alan Watts influenced me as a teenager. freshwest May 2013 #60

this really feels like a right wing post cali May 2013 #24

I thought the same. Squinch May 2013 #25

Yep. Sheldon Cooper May 2013 #26

"-this could be amusing and educational all at once. " Brickbat May 2013 #29

I don't think the term short is offense. Travis_0004 May 2013 #30

Vertically challenged indicates a problem. Tall and short are lengths. freshwest May 2013 #61

I'm short... a la izquierda May 2013 #63

the RW BS is strong in this thread.... KG May 2013 #33

Wasn't it, though. But there were some good replies, too. freshwest May 2013 #45

You don't consider "vertically challenged" as rude? Cleita May 2013 #34

If asked to describe a person's height I think it's better to say "about"5'1" or 4'11" whichever byeya May 2013 #37

That is fine. Even calling someone short is not insulting. It's a fact, but Cleita May 2013 #38

I would, and have, filled out reports and said "Shorter than the average man, approx, 5'6" and I do byeya May 2013 #39

I don't think asking for body shape is an appropriate question even for an accident report. Cleita May 2013 #40

I agree with you and this was 40 years ago. I don't think this question appears on current motor byeya May 2013 #41

Of course!! MichelleB May 2013 #56

aww. poor you. such a hard life you live La Lioness Priyanka May 2013 #51

I cannot pretend to be nice or to actually care about others. Dash87 May 2013 #53

:D MichelleB May 2013 #58

I think you're punking us. Nine May 2013 #54

call me whatever you want.. janlyn May 2013 #55

calling anti-woman right wing nuts "pro-life" arely staircase May 2013 #59

For those of you being accused or accusing someone of being "right winged" MichelleB May 2013 #62

Actually I think the first part you said you are fine with is stupid... Locut0s May 2013 #65

Option C: Trolling dog whistle. (nt) Heidi May 2013 #68

The easiest thing to do is not to refer to people's MineralMan May 2013 #69

...agreed MineralMan!! :D MichelleB May 2013 #70