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4 More Things You Absolutely Shouldn’t Say to Your Customers

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5 years ago

October 8, 2018

INSTORE Staff

You know how it goes: You’re dealing with a customer, and you think of the perfect thing to say. Except it’s perfect only in terms of sarcastic wit. It’s absolutely horrible in every other way. Below are four things you might like to say, but had better not.

We’ll be publishing more in coming weeks — keep an eye out for the full series of “20 Top Things You Should Never Say to Customers.” (To get them all, be sure to sign up for INSTORE Bulletins at instoremag.com/bulletins.

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