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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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So quietly that she has to keep asking you to repeat yourselfThen you can sound ever-so-slightly-more impatient each time you have to repeat yourself.
(I know someone who does this when she doesn't want to be disturbed. It's possibly the most passive-agressive behaviour I've ever encountered.)
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there was a woman at my old firm who used to put her phone on DND all the timeso eventually the secretaries used to get pissed off and so we in IT would take it off for them. It used to annoy the hell out of her.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 14:26,
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Negotiation strategy tipsMake a statement or when they ask you a crunch question leave a long pause before saying anything. Makes people nervous. Eye contact can help, but shame its on the phone...
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b3tz, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 14:30,
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