A store manager overheard one of his salesmen talking to a customer.
“No sir,” said the salesman, ”we haven’t had any for quite a while and it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting any soon.”
The manager was horrified and shouted after the departing customer, ”Come back next week. We’re sure to have whatever it is you need.”
He turned angrily to his salesman and said, ”Never tell a customer we’re out of anything! What did he want?”
“Rain,” answered the salesman.
We know that sitting isn’t good for us and that we need to move more. This graphic (link to lifehack.org) shows us just how bad it is!
Watch out when translating ‘heute Morgen’, ‘heute Nachmittag’, ‘heute Abend’ and ‘heute Nacht’. We say, ‘this morning’, ‘this afternoon’, ‘this evening’ and ‘tonight’.
Oh, and the time on the clock? Twenty to three …
As far as I know the phrases “Have a nice day” or “Have a great day” originally come from America and were used by shop assistants as a way of saying goodbye. Perhaps they are still used, I don’t know. But what I do know is that I find them rather impersonal. Can’t we think of something better to say at the end of a conversation?
What about saying one of the following phrases instead?
Would you like to read more on this subject.? Here’s an article from BBC News called “Have a nice day? No thanks”.
If you’d like to get someone’s attention by email, trying using one of these ten opening phrases (link to inc.com). Don’t you think that “Good news” is a nice way to start or “I have an answer for you”?
