Friday, August 3, 2012

“It’s our policy.”

Those three words can send a person’s blood pressure through the ceiling faster watching a shopping cart crash into their new car.

The person delivering the line intends it to be a conversation stopper. End of discussion, I’m right, you’re wrong, I win, go away.

The recipient, however, is more likely to see it as a conversation starter (more accurately, a launching pad for an angry debate, or worse, a reason to extend the conversation into blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube…helloooo, United Airlines?).

They’ve had a door slammed in their face, and they know it.

Recently, it was my face in the doorway.  [click here to continue…]

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