Or do what my niece does: "If you don't like their tone, there's nothing wrong with stating politely that you would rather talk about something else".
State listened politely to the regulators' concerns and just as politely went about its business.
"We want to keep him off balance," said Dave Kochel, a Romney strategist, who since Tuesday has followed Mr. Gingrich around the state, watching politely from the backs of rooms.
Argentina's new government greeted Secretary of State Colin L. Powell politely but cautiously today, expressing hopes for a more constructive United States role in the country's economic recovery while sidestepping any ties to Washington's foreign policy objectives.
Near the end of a journey from Missouri to Louisiana, here came Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi's secretary of state, to politely ask the commission to stop dumping floodwater into his home state during big floods — a typical plea that highlights the river's eternal conflicts.
But if you state honestly and politely that the pay isn't enough, that may be a catalyst for the employer to offer more.
The AP quotes a lawyer called Peter Fritz who argues that there is no need to punish repeated requests for records, when the state could just politely say it will answer each person's question only once.
Over the course of her misspent summer, Sarah's aspirations both artistic and romantic slip increasingly out of reach, and by Sept. 5, she's reached a state that might politely be called unhinged.
Trump's cabinet is a mixed bunch, to state it as politely as possible.
I write back and politely state that I cannot allow use of my images without compensation, which usually ends the conversation very quickly.
