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layout and styling changes for the tone guide.
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Benunc committed Jun 27, 2018
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For example, let's say a customer replies to you saying “Your team is incompetent”.

* **Ineffective response:**
“Actually we’re quite competent. I have a degree in _____, have spent the last __ years in customer support, and thousands of people are thrilled to use our products daily”
“Actually we’re quite competent. I have a degree in `Something`, have spent the last `however many` years in customer support, and thousands of people are thrilled to use our products daily”

* **Effective Response**
“I’m happy to get to the bottom of this with you. Other users who have had ____ problem resolved it like ____
“I’m happy to get to the bottom of this with you. Other users who have had this problem resolved it following these steps:

Functionally, we simply ignore the insult, and then prove them wrong by resolving the problem.

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* **Ineffective Response:**
“The problem is a script loading in the header that’s throwing a jQuery error preventing the rest of the form from loading”
* **Effective Response**
“A file that is loaded by _____ plugin is not playing nicely with one of our files, and that conflict is preventing the form from loading correctly. Here’s how I recommend confirming and resolving the issue…”
“A file that is loaded by `Example` plugin is not playing nicely with one of our files, and that conflict is preventing the form from loading correctly. Here’s how I recommend confirming and resolving the issue…”

It’s helpful to imagine scenarios where you are in similar situations. One example is the doctor’s office. Imagine going to a medical doctor for an issue with your daughter's development.

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