The Service sector heros

March 28, 2007 at 1:54 pm (Uncategorized)

Now i being to comprehend how much character u need to posess when u dwell in the service sector. It is a sector where eloquent language would not save you from a customer’s aggressive machinegun and risque insults hurled at you and your family. It is a workplace which requires you to remain friendly and pretend to care, irregardless of the unpleasantries thrown at you. NEVER does it seem to be propitious, and the understanding image you try to create in the customers mind only seems to heighten their objurgation to your aparrently ineffecient system. Therefore, i urge those who are irascible to reframe from taking any job that has the word ’service’ closely linked to it. For those who are unfortunate to land a job in the service sector, these are the dont’s that you should NEVER commit:

  • NEVER try to jostle with the customer, for the customer is ALWAYS right, and any unecessary heresy would only aggrevate the situation (for most customers are impervious about how we have brought inconvinience to them).
  • When a customer seems heated, always start straight away by finding means to assuage the volcano in front of you. Vacillation of action or superfluous explanation on your part would only land you on hot water, so keep it clear, short and understandable (unless you want to experience their barbaric verbiage).
  • Bestow upon them the relieve that they have came to the right professional. NEVER feint ignorance. If ever a customer finds out you are a greenhorn, they would deprecate your already exiguous status (in their eyes) to peanut size. When they call for management or your superior, pray hard.
  • If all methods stated above fails to sort things out, and their scowl and raucous complaints never seem to elude you, develope immunity by listening to it until their initially risque vocabulary becomes innocuous to the human ear. Trust me, this is the hardest step (try saying,’ I am extremely sorry sir.’ to someone who just demeaned your whole family tree from the greatest greats to the youngest youngs).

From my explanation of this inclement sector of work, i hope many would realise that it is palpably NEVER saint to choose a service sector job as your bread and butter unless you reveil in onslaughts of raining vulgarities. If you do, frankly you are insane :)

2 Comments

  1. christine said,

    surviving in the corporate world (much less the service sector) is definitely no easy task. still, hang on there. you’d get used to it! :)

  2. DiSOng said,

    Wahaha your vocab simply blows me away. But take note its the nuances you want to convey that matter, most of the time simple words suffice. But if you are going for an emotion/nuance that is difficult to convey then perhaps a bigger word would be required. Nevertheless its fun to strut your stuff!

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