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How do I convey my real, justified anger to The Company instead of a person? It may not be effective (or fair) to get hostile, but by the time I'm yelling, it'

How do I convey my real, justified anger to The Company instead of a person? It may not be effective (or fair) to get hostile, but by the time I'm yelling, it's because I've realized The Company doesn't care about my emotional state, and this person is another willing participant in a silently abusive system, even if they're just reading the Company-provided script to get the Company-provided paycheck. Perhaps too few humans have perfect emotional regulation, but it's not surprising that some react accordingly. The people who designed these insensitive systems knew that they would eventually turn all our hearts cold at no cost to The Company. Julian's response is to keep being nice to keep his transactional relations as smooth as possible. The representative's responsive is to vent to their co-workers about how stupid and mean customers are. Mine is to yell when I'm angry. But aren't we all suffering from the same flawed system? At this point in time, it's no one person's fault, and there's little incentive to fix it, so this probably won't change until emotionally attuned software can replace customer service reps.

TheCoelacanth 10y ago
Ideally, stop doing business with them. That's the only form of anger that companies understand.
dqv 10y ago
>How do I convey my real, justified anger to The Company instead of a person? By evaluating whether the way you're conveying it would be appropriate in a public place with a third party observing you. People understand and expect a certain level of anger when things aren't right, but if your demeanor on the phone would offend a neutral party observing your call - you have gone too far. A good way to do this is to imagine how you'd talk to a cashier with other people in line. If it's drawing too much attention and make the person next in line uncomfortable - you have gone too far.
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TheCoelacanth 10y ago

Ideally, stop doing business with them. That's the only form of anger that companies understand.

dqv 10y ago

>How do I convey my real, justified anger to The Company instead of a person? By evaluating whether the way you're conveying it would be appropriate in a public place with a third party observing you. People understand and expect a certain level of anger when things aren't right, but if your demeanor on the phone would offend a neutral party observing your call - you have gone too far. A good way to do this is to imagine how you'd talk to a cashier with other people in line. If it's drawing too much attention and make the person next in line uncomfortable - you have gone too far.

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