October 2025
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
6h 2m
English
I’ll never forget the time a customer called me ugly.
To be fair, he said my profile picture in Gmail was ugly, but still, how rude!
I was working in customer support for a startup and productivity app called Springpad. He was mad because a bug in our free software app prevented him from doing something he wanted to do.
Back then I used to brag about how I could make anyone love us, even the people who were most angry, so I was happy for the challenge. In my reply, I started and ended with a bit of humanity.
“Hi, I’m Devin, a human person who has been helping you with this problem. What you said hurt my feelings. The bug you’re dealing with, I understand why it’s frustrating! I’d ...
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