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Making sure you receive great customer service

Service Untitled

Apparently the dinner order wasn’t to the satisfaction of one very nasty gentleman, and as he raised his voice and insulted the young server, everyone in the restaurant and bar area turned around almost snarling with disdain aimed toward the rude customer. So does getting angry and raising your voice get one better customer service?

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Rocky tax season could lead to slow refunds for employees

BMT Office Administration

There’s a reason the IRS rolled out some new tools and beefed up some old tools on its website this filing season—it’s still bogged down with last year’s returns! The cause, of course, is the pandemic, plus comically tragic underfunding for well over a decade. 2021 Form 1040 tax filing stats so far. For the week ending Feb.

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise How to Lose a Customer and a Few More! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service D o you find that people are passing calls and e-mails from person to person, getting the client more and more frustrated? Providing excellent customer service is crucial.

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How We Pulled Off a Huge Event Through Outsourcing

Productivityist

One of our virtual assistants is a 40+ year-old multilingual, experienced marketing and SEO specialist with a good understanding of sales and customer service. We ended up hiring him for several jobs and staying in constant contact over the course of several weeks. File exchange: Dropbox, WeTransfer. Review: Google Docs.

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The Customer Is Always Right!

The Small Business Blog

by Stefan Töpfer on May 19, 2010 While we all hope to make our customers 100% happy all of the time, and this must of course be what we strive for, there will be occasions where a customer is less than happy with the service you have provided. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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It’s charm school for Delta Airlines

Service Untitled

When Delta merged with Northwest Airlines, it seemed just to make a wider venue for the endless lack of customer service and concern. The one-day course will concentrate on finding ways to assist travelers rather than just blowing them off with a sigh of indifference. Solve together. Offer solutions and choices.

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Self Defense for Admins

The Office Professionals Place

Take a course, if you already know the basics, go to the next tier and learn at the intermediate and expert levels. Soft Skills Soft skills include being able to handle customer service issues and basic, appropriate, and effective interaction with co-workers, clients and customers, and management. Need a filing system?

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