February 2012
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Please Advise This!
I feel that I must repeat myself, because people just aren’t getting it. Do NOT use the phrase “Please Advise” at the end of your business e-mails. It renders everything you just said in your e-mail immediately invalid. In my heart and soul, I picture the person who dares type this phrase as having Dalek qualities. The business etiquette of an Imbecile. A Sleestak with a...
Feb 15th
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Phone etiquette
One of the worst things you can do to a busy person or department, is to drop a blind transfer call on them. It’s impossibly rude. When a shitty receptionist or another department doesn’t want to take the time to gather relevant information to deliver that before transferring a call, it’s an indication of potential incompetence. This very situation has caused me on several...
Feb 14th
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Feb 11th
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