How to handle a complaint - Business English
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2021
- The customer is always right, or are they? In this video you'll see two versions of a conversation where a customer makes a complaint. The first is a bad model and the second a good one.
We'll use them to compare the English we use to handle complaints.
Here are the top takeaways:
1. Saying sorry matters.
- You can say sorry when you don't hear something and want someone to repeat: 'Sorry?'
- It can be an apology where you accept the blame: 'That was our mistake. I'm sorry.'
- It can also just be an expression of sympathy where no blame is accepted: 'That's awful. I'm sorry to hear that.'
2. You need to pay attention, listen and explain what you're doing: 'OK, bear with me. I'm just calling it up on my screen'.
3. Rather than saying 'You're wrong' you can say things like 'That's strange' or 'That's odd'.
4. Sounding unsure and tentative helps too: 'It looks like...
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Pretending the customers are right is key!. Thanks
You've got the idea Santi. Thanks for watching.
This is a very valuable lesson..... To be polite..... Even when complaining!
Also I got an English joke which is a bit confusing. Here it is:
I am reading a book on anti gravity... I can't put it down!😂😂😂
HI Aryan. This is Jay writing back to you. You made me laugh with that joke!!!
I'm really happy to see the channel getting more audience. Such a great content.
I totally agree. And they are a lovely couple together.
Thanks for the kind words, حمزة عشوش . And thanks for watching.
Yes, me too ♥️ Vicki and Jay do deserve it 👏
my mother had a saying: it is not what you say, what you do, it is how you say or do it. Great video! There's much more than English there.
You're right Miriam, there is more than just English in this lesson. This is Jay writing back to you. How we relate to each other is one way to measure our ability to communicate effectively. You can learn English, but if you can't relate to the person speaking to you, you may never achieve comprehension.
Great lesson as always! Here in Brazil we also say "the costumer is always right," but Jay is right, not always. Thank you a lot! God bless America and save the queen!
The costumer are always right. So que nao LOL
Good point, Dany but I would say "Mas não sempre." LOL
Exactly, Silvio. Thanks for watching.
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You've got such a beautiful way to explain things!
Client is always right that's what the supervisor says to us all the time 😟
Currently I'm working with a security company!
Hi Ehsan. When it's company policy it's hard to argue with it. :-) Thanks for watching our video.
The best channel to learn English! 🌻 Saludos desde Perú🇵🇪
Hi Angie. Thanks for the lovely compliment. And greetings to you from Philadelphia.
This is the most hilarious and polite conversation I've ever heard... :-)
"Jay (picking up the phone): Yeah...
Vicky: At last! A human being!
Jay: What?
Vicky: I've spent half an hour trying to get through your automated telephone system.
Jay: That has nothing to do with me... What do you want?" and then "Who are you?" and finally "You must be lying". ;'-)
Clearly, that employee is at his highest level of kindness and professionalism!! ;-)
Nice and great video as usual!! Very instructive!!
We had a lot of fun making that video, Visemand. We're glad you liked it and thank you so much for watching.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank you very much for answering me. You're very welcome. Keep on your good work!! It's always a pleasure to see you both in action!! ;-)
it reminded me handling customers back in england ,awesome channel , keep it up , from COLOMBIA
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That's exactly what we have learnt at Vodafone UK, I see this video very very important for anyone works at customer service field either a call centre or a face to face service.
Thank you so much for the necessary videos you are making.
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Thank u so much. It is very helpful for one who is working in hospitality like me. Much love to u!
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You're brilliant teachers and actors! Thanks for this gorgeous video! Greetings! 😃
Haha The costumer always is right, in Spanish is the same. But literally to be right, in Spanish is _to have the reason_ .
Then the sentence is:
"El cliente siempre tiene la razón."
Greetings from 🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile with love!
Thank you for sharing that Spanish gem, crist67mustang. And thanks for watching our video.
Great video!!
I always wanna know how to deal with complaint in business english
Thanks!
Good acting!
We're pleased this video was useful for you Shafeek. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
You did a great job analyzing the different scenarios and easily getting the whole picture of handling a complaint call.
陳慕唐 . we're so pleased you found this video valuable. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
This is such a wonderful lesson. I encounter rude and arrogant customers every single day. Patience and politeness are the key.
Thanks for this helpful video. I really appreciate your lessons a lot.
Best regards.
lợi nguyễn, it must be hard to be patient and polite when customers are rude and angry. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and thanks for watching our video.
This has been immensely helpful for my new job. Thank you so much for your great videos, I hope you are doing great.
As always, so fun and useful!!! I really enjoy your video lessons! Thank you from Ukraine 🤩!
Hi Irina. It's great to hear from you. Thanks so much for watching our videos.
Love your content and sense of humor! (or humour? ha-ha, love the American-British contrasts too!)
Hi Viviana. This is Jay writing back to you. Vicki and I always have fun with those British and American differences.
Thank you both. You reminded me of something I often forget in such situations, even though English is my mother tongue. ‘I’m sorry’ doesn’t always mean you’re accepting the blame for something. Jay could tell his caller was feeling upset and frustrated by her situation, and his ‘sorry’ indicated his sympathy for her predicament. His other words and actions showed he wanted to help. Great job, that was a good lesson in empathy🙏🏻😊
It is also super annoying when you call support and explain your problem to them, then they ask you to wait a few minutes and a few minutes later you hear "yeeaaaap. I see, you do have the problem" :) Sometimes I want to ask them back something like "Oh! Do I? Are you sure?!" xD
Thank you for the video. It is a good demonstration of healthy politeness and professionalism.
Mikolay, your answer made me chuckle. This is Jay writing back to you. I find it even more frustrating when I tell them my problem and they respond by describing an entirely different problem. Oh well, such is customer service these days. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Amazing video, Vicki and Jay! It's brilliant to have the two opposite scenes and show the difference. Loved it
But Ahmed, is the customer always right? We hope your students can ponder this question in a useful English discussion. Take care and thanks as always for writing to us.
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This is very useful! Thank you!
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Antonyus, that's such an interesting idea. When we do our annual SEVY Awards show, we react to the videos our viewers send us. But we haven't thought about how we'd turn reacting to a viral video into an English lesson. We'll think about that. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching.
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Great content as usual. I'd love to see more videos about how to be diplomatic in English 🙌
Renata, we've actually produce a few videos on politeness in English which might help. Here's a link to one of them. ua-cam.com/video/tikE-saHWcI/v-deo.html
But what you might want to do is go to simpleenglishvideos.com and in the search tool, type the world 'polite.' There should be 5 or 6 that might interest you.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Hey there, thanks! I realized that I already watched the video you suggested and I just replayed it :) hehe I'll check the other videos on politeness. Cheers!
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what a useful video!!! thank you for your effort!!
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I love this video, it is so useful. thanks a lot teachers!!!
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Very useful for several cases actually =) thanks a lot!
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Well explained
Thank you
You are welcome
Hahaha... Excellent tips! 😆 I used to deal with grumpy customers and they were really rude several times. I had to be very patient! 😁
The customer is not always right! xD
Kind regards! 🙋🏽♂️🇲🇽
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It happened to me a lot when i was trying to contact the British Council in Egypt.
حمزة عشوش , I think it happens to all of us these days :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos I also think so , because of nowadays pandemic maybe. 😀😂
Thanks for this video. I am learning so much from your videos.
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As always u both r awesome
Learned useful pharase
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Thank you too!
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On the first call they were kind of both in the wrong. The customer service representative acted as if he couldn’t care less. And the person on the other end tried to scam the company.
An excellent observation, Blind Bookworm. Thanks for sharing and thanks for being here.
Loved it please do more videos about business english
That's the plan, M7med Adawi. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching.
Great job, apart from giving English lessons, you could train support teams and clerks. Politeness should go both ways but professionalism is key to good customer service. 😉
Catherine, you've certainly got the right idea. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for your useful videos. I've learnt lots of interesting things from them. Could you please recommend me some websites to learn more about the US's and the UK's geography, culture, people? I'm a big fan of reading about them all. Thanks in advance!
There are so many such sites, Nguyễn , that we would have a hard time recommending just a couple. Thanks for writing to us and thanks so much for watching our video.
Happy 4th, Vicki and Jay
We had a wonderful party on our deck to celebrate the 4th. The Philadelphia fireworks show was visible from there and it was spectacular. Thanks for thinking of us.
In Polish we say: Klient jest panem - The customer is the lord.
It's really interesting how so many languages have a similar expression regarding customers. Thanks for sharing that Robert.
I was wondering what Vicky's first sentence is. " lost human being"??
Win Yoo, Vicki's first comment in the telephone call is "At last, a human being." That was the result of her frustration of having to deal with the automated menu system so many companies use for their help service.
It was long time no see, hope you well
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Vicky, next time ask Jay first, then you make this phone call.... I know, its terrible to make a complaint like this. Well, good luck with your sun umbrella. Love
It's a very nice sun umbrella and it works well on our deck, Dany.
Hey, may you help me, it exist a costumer code ? Laws which regulate the relation between costumer and provider, In my country, Brazil, exist, the the code of costumers defense, and I learned that is create because a letter by JFK. Nevertheless laws in EUA and England is different than Brazil, because that I lost me.
Hi Brooky. I think the term you're looking for is consumer code. JFK pushed for a consumer bill or rights that would give 4 basic rights: the right to safety, to be informed, to choose and to be heard. The UN then went on to add 4 more and no doubt, as you say, they're enshrined into law differently in different countries.
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Yes. Do teach some diplomacy please!
I'm sure it will come up in future videos, Javi. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching.
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