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Nov 2021
9m 26s

Rage against the customer service worker

NPR
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As if they don't have enough to worry about, restaurant, retail, and airline employees are still facing customer meltdowns over COVID-19 precautions. We ask a 'customer whisperer' if these explosive customers can be defused. 
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