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    Polite Requests

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    Милена Мићић
    The document discusses making polite requests at work, including giving reasons for requests, potential conditions or compromises, and rejecting requests. It provides examples of wording for making requests, offering reasons, accepting requests with or without conditions, and rejecting requests. It also includes role play scenarios where an employee is making a request of a boss in different situations.

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    The document discusses making polite requests at work, including giving reasons for requests, potential conditions or compromises, and rejecting requests. It provides examples of wording for making requests, offering reasons, accepting requests with or without conditions, and rejecting requests. It also includes role play scenarios where an employee is making a request of a boss in different situations.

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    The document discusses making polite requests at work, including giving reasons for requests, potential conditions or compromises, and rejecting requests. It provides examples of wording for making requests, offering reasons, accepting requests with or without conditions, and rejecting requests. It also includes role play scenarios where an employee is making a request of a boss in different situations.

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    Polite Requests

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    Милена Мићић
    The document discusses making polite requests at work, including giving reasons for requests, potential conditions or compromises, and rejecting requests. It provides examples of wording for making requests, offering reasons, accepting requests with or without conditions, and rejecting requests. It also includes role play scenarios where an employee is making a request of a boss in different situations.

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    Polite Requests

    Making Requests
    I was wondering if it would be possible to.......

    Is there any chance that I could…….

    Would it be alright if I……..

    I believe I’m entitled to/I deserve…… (a pay rise/a day off)

    Giving Reasons
    You see the thing is……………

    The problem is that………….

    Accepting Requests
    Ok, I don’t see why not.

    Of course.

    No problem at all

    Adding Conditions
    As long as/provided that/on condition that you……..

    Rejecting requests
    I’m afraid that’s just not possible at the moment.

    That’s out of the question.

    I’m afraid I have to turn your request down.


    Role plays
    A: B:
    You are an employee in a company. Next You are the boss of the company. An
    weekend your best friend is having his/her employee comes to ask you something. This
    stag/hen party (despedida de soltero). You particular employee has seemed distracted
    have to ask your boss for the Monday and recently and keeps forgetting important
    Tuesday after off work. Your boss will things.
    probably reject the request if he/she knows
    you are going to a stag/hen party.
    A: B:
    You are and sales person in a company. You You are the boss of a company. One of your
    are very stressed and you need a rest, you employees comes to ask you something. You
    have decided that you want to take a have heard a rumour that this employee
    sabbatical to go and volunteer in an elephant wants to take a sabbatical. He/she is your
    sanctuary in Africa for a year. You need to best sales person and the company really
    speak to the boss. You are very hard-working needs him/her. You can offer him/her a pay
    and the company is doing very well because rise, a promotion and a 1 month holiday.
    of your hard work.
    A: B:
    You are a strict parent. Your son/daughter You are a teenager. Your best friend is having
    comes to you with a request about the a massive party at his/her house this weekend
    weekend. because his/her parents are away, the
    boy/girl of your dreams is also going to be
    there. You need to get your parent’s
    permission to go but they are very strict and
    will not give you permission if they know it’s
    going to be a crazy party.
    A: B:
    You are a teacher. Your best student comes to You are a student. You are very intelligent and
    you with a request. you work very hard. You want to be a
    journalist. You have been offered a part time
    job in a national newspaper. If you take the
    job you will have to work from 9am-12am on
    Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays but you
    have classes on these days. Speak to your
    teacher and see if you can find a solution.

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