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Conflict expert Ajibola Bamgbose recommended staying calm, validating customer feelings, and setting respectful boundaries in de‑escalation scripts — practical lines like 'I understand your frustration; I still need us to speak respectfully so I can help.' Peers echoed that politeness beats escalation, with cashiers and former reps describing real return and rude‑tone scenarios. (x.com) (x.com) (x.com)
Ajibola Bamgbose presents herself as “Conflict Analyst” and “Content Creator” under the ConflictChick Linktree profile. (linktr.ee) An academic article credited to Eunice Ajibola Bamgbose on “Conflict analysis of domestic violence” appears in the journal Gender and Behaviour. (ajol.info) A university safety de‑escalation handout from UC Irvine uses boundary wording nearly identical to the suggested script—examples include “I want to help but will not be able if you do not speak with me respectfully” and advisories to ask someone to lower their voice or leave. (ehs.uci.edu PDF ) (ehs.uci.edu) A separate social-media prompt collecting retail-worker anecdotes drew more than 14,400 replies from service workers, demonstrating the scale of peer‑shared return and rude‑tone scenarios on platforms like Twitter. (boredpanda.com) Multiple customer‑service training sites publish scripted boundary phrases and call‑center phrasing that match the expert’s lines, including Deescalation‑Training.com’s call‑center scripts and Myra Golden’s compiled boundary phrases. (deescalation-training.com) (myragolden.com)
