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Case 19: Good News, Bad News—Part 1 Handout (page 2)
was no mistake on the bank’s part and declined to reverse the charge. Ted
used his best business manner to explain the situation to the cus tomer nicely,
but the customer was not pleased. Obviously upset, the customer fi nally left
Ted’s desk and went to the teller line to cash a check.
Ted shrugged his shoulders. “If you’d have brought this in sooner,” he said
to himself, “we might have done something. Tough luck.” He then busied
himself with other things.
About 10 minutes later, Ted scanned the lobby during a work break. He
noticed that the displeased customer was talking to one of the ...