Some make considered and courteous offers, but others believe their best negotiating tool is a mallet.
Be courteous and offer to do the same when he or she needs to take a boss detox.
Ann Thornton, a director of reference and research services at the New York Public Library, concurs via e-mail: "If the librarian handles the matter in a confidential, courteous manner and offers appropriate resources, he/she is providing a higher level of service.
To the hotel's credit, its courteous staff ultimately offered to move disappointed guests to the resort's sister facility, the Catamaran, or to make the pools there available.
If they accept the offer, be courteous and thank them for their contribution.
Answer the phones-when you answer the phones, be polite and courteous, tell them the offers but don't be pushy.
Finally, always be courteous when rejecting a job offer.
Izzard (assisted by "The Beekeepers", who occasionally chip in with news updates) keeps a tidy Twitter account that's as matter-of-fact as those of many of his followers: details of his running and triathlon escapades, advice on ice baths and courteous replies to those who offer encouragement.
Tall, immaculately dressed and coiffed, courteous and smooth-talking, Mr. De Sapio offered himself as the antithesis of Tammany Hall predecessors such as William M. Tweed, the infamous 19th-century Democratic Party leader who died in prison serving a sentence for corruption.
"If you are competing with an airline that is courteous, clean and reliable and offers low fares, that's a difficult challenge," said Michael E. Levine, a former airline executive and regulator who now teaches at Harvard Law School.
