There was a whole class we took about things not to say, and what to say instead. One of my favorites was to resist the urge to say “That’s stupid” or “That wasn’t smart” and replace it with “That’s not recommended” - For example, you say “I took my iPod swimming and now it don’t work” I say “Ah, that’s not recommended” when I mean “That was really stupid”.
How to speak at the Apple store as excerpted from Adrien Chen’s Gawker article by Mark Liberman. (via smack416)
Teehee.
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