December 4, 2007PowerPhrase – We’ll work on that

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A new clerk awkwardly handed me my change, and looked to her boss to see if she had done it properly. There was no pretending she had. The boss said,

We’ll work on that.

The tone was supportive. The phrase focused on the solution rather than the problem. It was well received.

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