Which of the Following Sentences Is an Example of a Good

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is an example of a good way to present bad news?

• A) "State law prohibits us from returning any product with a broken seal back into our stock."
• B) "Since you have broken the seal, state law prohibits us from returning the product to stock."
• C) "You made the mistake of breaking the product's seal, which prohibits us from returning the product to stock."
• D) "If you had not broken the seal, we could have returned the product to stock."
• E) "We can understand why you broke the seal, but now we can't return the product to stock."

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