In Why Service Stinks, a book we co-wrote with BIGresearch several years ago, we reported that customers think the number one cause of rude service is rude customer service staff.
"You can have the nicest gym, but if the person at the front desk is rude and inattentive, then you don't really have a sense of a tie to the building, " Davis said.
Cell phones can be a great convenience when you need them for business and personal needs, but walking around stores up and down the aisles letting the whole world in on your conversation is rude to those around you and to the person on the other end.
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Of the two giant conglomerates, Credit Suisse is in rude health and maintains its investment bank is helping to boost its private bank's margins.
The sticker-shock at the pump is a rude reminder that even though energy independence for the United States is closer at hand than at any other time in the last fifty years, energy is still very much a global commodity.
If people assume that the world is a rude, individualistic and selfish place, they are more likely to act that way themselves.
Leaving the group without letting others know is a big no-no, not skiing as fast (or slow) as the other group members is also rude.
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"A dog who is instigating by being rude to your dog is looking to start trouble, " Mr. Oguss says.
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It is quite possible that the rude health of German economy is what prevents its politicians from taking decisive action as Spain careens towards catastrophe.
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Skiing too close to others is also very rude.
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Driving while talking and texting with others in the car is unsafe and also rude.
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Neglect of duty, which together with incivility is classed as "rude and late", rose from 173 to 179.
Judd, an account executive in digital media relations, is bracing herself for rude or withering comments at her sister's celebration, where she will serve as maid of honor.
But they do not call the authors of the posts names and they do not use rude speech, particularly when rude speech is written in the course of criticizing the author of the post or any of the people who have come to comment on the post.
In many cultures, however, including Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native American, eye contact is thought to be disrespectful or rude, and lack of eye contact does not mean that a person is not paying attention.
Buffett and I are in full agreement that anyone who buys bonds now thinking they are safe is in for a very rude awakening.
The trick, of course, is to do it without being rude.
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Paradoxically, one reason for the rude health of social conservatism is the spread of political liberalism.
Stuffing envelopes, making phone calls to rude strangers and trudging from house to house is not much fun, unless you think it's going to save the family, the environment or the country.
"We were warned that we would have labor problems, that New York is totally different, that New York customers are used to rude employees, "chairman Mackey says wearily.
Chandor, is a beginner, but the terse, generally understated, but sometimes barbarously rude language feels exactly right.
While advisors have their fair share of obnoxious and rude clients, most of the time the firings occur when a client is no longer profitable for the firm.
But in an effort to make the rude French waiter stereotype a thing of the past, the Paris Tourist Board is launching a new charm offensive.
Rude drivers, with little regard for pedestrians, are a problem, as is the fact that everything here starts late (at least to our way of thinking).
Mayweather has promised Hatton a "rude awakening", but the 28-year-old Mancunian insists he is happy to let the American talk as much as he wants before the fight.
"It is very difficult to see how you could ever do a deal with someone who was consistently rude about you, " he told the BBC's Daily Politics.
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