One of the things I always appreciated of your newspaper is that the number of errors (factual as well as argumentative) was been significantly smaller than in the various Dutch and Anglosaxon newspapers I sometimes read.
Do this even if they are being difficult and argumentative.
And let's be honest, teenagers can be very disrespectful, argumentative, rude and obnoxious.
Unfortunately, Mr. Smith feels he must do one better by being argumentative and boisterous; catchphrases are no longer enough.
Such behaviour or, worse, being argumentative and short-tempered, is the quickest way to upset a customer and end up in a full-on confrontation.
Todd Nehls, the recently retired sheriff of Dodge County, Wis., who ran the detention facility where Mr. BinRashed was held, said in an interview that he did not believe his officers would have placed the detainee on 23-hour lockdown for refusing meals, but that Mr. BinRashed could have been isolated for breaking rules or being argumentative.
Judge Parker agreed, scolding Ms. Seibel for being argumentative.
If I'm polite to the officer who pulls me over for speeding as opposed to being argumentative, is he more or less likely to give me a ticket.
Not having the last word, not being clever, not being argumentative, not having to pretend to have all the answers..
Avoid being argumentative.
