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Top 10 Rude Things Customers Do

June 23rd, 2009 @ 5:30 am

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Categories: Career Development, Cold Calls, Ethics, Humor, Sales Skills

Tags: HERE, Customer Behavior, Corporate Governance, Insurance, Smart Phones, Financial Planning, Gender And Diversity, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Corporate Insurance

Let’s face it: sometimes customers are rude.  Over the past week, readers have sent me numerous examples of egregious customer rudeness.  Here are the top ten, along with my “best response” to the situation… Best, that is, if you still want to make a sale.

I’ve also included, just for yuks, a “worst response” that would probably get you thrown out of the account… if you actually dared to use it.

By the way, I’m very much open to “better” (or “worse”) responses than the one’s I’ve supplied.  If I think yours is superior, I’ll update the post accordingly.

Click HERE to see the first rude customer behavior

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    Ian P

    06/15/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Top 10 Rude Things Customers Do

    I only see six items in this post!
    Are the other four that rude that you can't talk about them in decent society?

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    Geoffrey James, Sales Machine

    06/23/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Top 10 Rude Things Customers Do

    Re Note 1:
    Ian posted that comment when I accidentally posted the draft. There are indeed ten.

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    TimothySullivan

    06/23/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Top 10 Rude Things Customers Do

    I've seen an increase in these kinds of behaviors recently. Is this a function of our economy? Do customers think that they can act more rudely, figuring that salespeople are now more desperate for their business? I agree with 100% of your recommended responses (and a few of the more fun ones as well).

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    Geoffrey James, Sales Machine

    06/23/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Top 10 Rude Things Customers Do

    Re: Note 3:
    "Do customers think that they can act more rudely, figuring that salespeople are now more desperate for their business?"

    Yes.

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    IanP2

    06/23/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Top 10 Rude Things Customers Do

    Re note 2
    You turned what originally looked like an also-ran into a top quality post by listening to and quoting your customers. You obviously take your own advice to heart.
    Excellent stuff.

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