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Handling Dead-Air Space On a Customer Service Call

Myra Golden

Let the customer know that there will be a few seconds of silence, by explaining what you are doing, “This will take just a few moments to pull up,” or “What I’m doing here, is processing the return, and placing your replacement order. Once, when I was talking to a customer service representative, he used the downtime fantastically.

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6 Verbal Aikido Tactics Everyone Who Handles Difficult Customers Should be Using

Myra Golden

The wasted time our agents spent stuck in conversations with irate customers meant other customers had to hold a long time. Longer wait times made holding customers frustrated and, in turn, more difficult to deal with. They didn’t know how to get the rambler or whiner to cut to the chase.

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6 Verbal Aikido Tactics Everyone Who Handles Difficult Customers Should be Using

Myra Golden

The wasted time our agents spent stuck in conversations with irate customers meant other customers had to hold a long time. Longer wait times made holding customers frustrated and, in turn, more difficult to deal with. They didn’t know how to get the rambler or whiner to cut to the chase.