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		<title>By: links for 2008-06-01 at nyc.locationscout.us</title>
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		<dc:creator>links for 2008-06-01 at nyc.locationscout.us</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Scot Herrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scot Herrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 02:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All good.

And, sometimes a professional &quot;no&quot; is what is needed. There are some customers who will simply see how much they can get from the supplier and will complain. 

It&#039;s not the first choice, but one needs to know boundaries and then say no if need be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All good.</p>
<p>And, sometimes a professional &#8220;no&#8221; is what is needed. There are some customers who will simply see how much they can get from the supplier and will complain. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s not the first choice, but one needs to know boundaries and then say no if need be.</p>
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		<title>By: How to handle difficult customers &#124; The How To Do Things Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: gina</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great topic!  Since most of my angry customers are patients, I&#039;ve found that most of the time they just want somebody to listen to them and say &quot;I&#039;m really sorry that happened to you.&quot;  

I&#039;m also always working with my staff to help them seperate problems from symptoms which people tend to struggle with.  &quot;What is the problem&quot; I ask.  &quot;Well the problem is that Jessica is upset about bla bla bla&quot; they reply.  NO! Jessica being upset is a symptom, not a problem.  

My favorite angry customer fix is the old Feel, Felt, Found.  &quot;I know how you Feel, I Felt that way myself, until I Found out...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great topic!  Since most of my angry customers are patients, I&#8217;ve found that most of the time they just want somebody to listen to them and say &#8220;I&#8217;m really sorry that happened to you.&#8221;  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m also always working with my staff to help them seperate problems from symptoms which people tend to struggle with.  &#8220;What is the problem&#8221; I ask.  &#8220;Well the problem is that Jessica is upset about bla bla bla&#8221; they reply.  NO! Jessica being upset is a symptom, not a problem.  </p>
<p>My favorite angry customer fix is the old Feel, Felt, Found.  &#8220;I know how you Feel, I Felt that way myself, until I Found out&#8230;</p>
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