Sentences with phrase «calling people on»

You could start calling people on sarcasm during conversations, modeling a respectful communication style.

When someone says something truly offensive, there's no harm in calling people on it, but not in a way that escalates the situation.

«You don't have to make a public deal out of everything, but calling people on it just quietly when it happens is one way to deal with it because it's not right that it's continuing in this day and age,» she said.

Call people on their bull ****?

In a time before smartphones, AIM was powerful and intoxicating, a way for a generation that once had called people on the phone to communicate in quick bursts from their computers.

An iPod, but you can call people on it too.

Steve... and what puts you in a position to call people on their sin?

preacherlady said, on October 1st, 2009 at 2:26 am Steve... and what puts you in a position to call people on their sin?

I think she was so successful as an advice columnist because she kept up with the changing times (she realized that Viagra may be useful for some men), was courageous and not afraid to take controversial and unpopular views (like to accept and support gays), and was compassionate (she personally called some people on the verge of suicide rather than just responding to them...

Not rudely, politely, but call people on it.

If you make a date and want to break it later, have the decency to call the person on the phone.

Also, if you make a date, and you want to cancel... have the decency to call the person on the phone and tell them.

I called people on craigslist but the prices are quite high.

Not exact matches

The passion these customers feel for the company rises to what we might call «tattoo - level» in that people love the company so much they are willing to permanently attest to that with some ink on their skin.

Investigative journalist Eliot Higgins called out the social network in 2014 for removing crucial details about the Syrian government's attacks on its own people, by deleting pages posted by rebel groups.

But when you call people out on it the reply you get is: «You can be anything in Rotterdam - look, we even have a Muslim mayor!»»

Big businesses know taking a loss on some products (called «loss leaders») to get people in their stores to buy higher - margin products can work.

TaskUs, which boasts the tagline «ridiculously good outsourcing,» now employs 5,600 people in the Philippines who perform tasks such as flagging inappropriate content on anonymous social apps like Whisper, photo retouching, online research, and customer service calls.

Important or sensitive matters are best dealt with in person or at least on a phone call.

It's everywhere, including a pink ceiling in the entryway, pink chairs, pink lockers to store personal belongings, a pink London - style phone booth where people can make calls away from the often noisy open floor plan and even rosé wine on tap.

In the wake of three bomb attacks in Austin, Texas this month that killed two people, police have received 150 calls from residents about suspicious packages since two blasts rocked the city on Monday, according to CNN.

If, say, you have children and you want regulation to protect them from the rising sea levels predicted to submerge billions of homes, wars over resources, and so on, you have to realize that however much we call politicians leaders, in democracies they follow the people.

However, sustained engagement on issues of equity and inclusion, activities that place participants in the situations that oppressed people experience (what I call «addressing the empathy gap»), and setting goals — much like the one Starbucks envisioned a decade ago regarding pay equity — are some examples of evidence - based best practices.

The people you call are used to working with a computer on a regular basis, so it's easy for them to ask you to send information via email.

Truaxe later posted another video in which he called the people who commented on his earlier post «idiots,» said anyone who accused him of having mental health issues was now jobless, and threatened to sue an unnamed journalist who wrote about him.

It's banking on the energy of the people who call it home.

Last week, HBO released a documentary on the Church of Scientology (COS), called Going Clear, which was watched by 1.7 million people (not counting those who streamed online), more than any HBO documentary in nearly a decade.

A spokesperson for the City of Fremont said: «A call was made to the Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center by unknown persons about a possible fire at Tesla on Tuesday.

«People just generally don't know what's going on here,» says Iveson, calling his city the most underestimated in North America.

Rather than charging 2 % of the fund's total capital commitment, Sequoia has told investors the management fee will be 1 % based only on the smaller stages of «called capital» drawn from the investors, one of the people said.

In a 564 - person trial, patients whose ovarian cancer recurred (and who had already started treatment with chemotherapy) given Rubraca, part of a new class of cancer drugs called «PARP» inhibitors, lived, on median, for double the amount of time without their disease getting even worse compared with those given a placebo.

That's kind of what happens when a person straps on the SuperFlex exosuit equipped with tiny motors called actuators from SRI Robotics.

CNBC's «Mad Money» host Jim Cramer calls him «a heroic figure in a landscape filled with people who are just part of a bland army,» while T - Mobile Executive Vice President of corporate services Dave Carey told «The Brave Ones»: «He can be charming on one hand and a raucous Las Vegas night club act on the other.»

That's because, as he explains in more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck at your desk, «you're getting a lot of stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other people's conversations and phone calls.

Because face - to - face meetings are for actually facing other people — not for texting, checking emails and taking calls on your smartphone.

When Cogito's deep - learning algorithms listen in on a call, Feast says, «we're basically simulating having a bunch of people listen to that call and decide whether the customer is satisfied.»

Some of the experiences people started sharing were harrowing, like the time one user said he actually had the cops called on him when the neighbor mistook him for a burglar.

Get out there and get in front of people, it is the single best way to uncover opportunities and get the inside track on the industry, an email or a phone call just isn't the same.

He was emailing himself, leaving voicemails to himself and even did a call where he was both people on the call!

Personality tests are a «convenient way to categorize people, but they're not the absolute truth,» says Natella, who puts test scores into context by comparing them with the average scores of his best reps.. The bigger test comes when he puts potential salespeople on the phones for two half days to call potential clients.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia Sunday to call for unity, voicing their opposition to last week's non-binding and referendum on independence on October 1 that was declared illegal by the Spanish government and constitutional court.

To put these requests in context, I must have received thousands of calls, letters and emails from people looking to talk or meet on a variety of issues and topics, including hundreds from outside the United States.

In the wake of the shooting of two journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, in Roanoke, Virginia, many people on Twitter and Facebook have called for an end to autoplay.

They may not understand what it's actually like to be in the shoes of the people they're asked to call on.

«It's better to have people call you on their own, rather than soliciting calls anyway.

On Sunday, the British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson called his U.S. counterparts to clarify that the ban only applied to people from the seven listed countries and did not impact individuals with dual citizenship.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for action after the horrific school shooting in Florida the day before that left at least 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured.

Sure, Twitter and Facebook can tell you what's trending, but I'm really liking this new app called Read It For Me, which will match you with a person who has read the top 100 articles, blogs, and listicles and narrowed down everything to three must - reads based on your interests, plus a bonus longread for the commute home.

In November, it acquired a startup called Accomable, which helps people with disabilities find accommodations on the road.

Education has traditionally been «done in a labor - intensive, inefficient way,» Raj said on a call, mentioning the paper - based products, in - person meetings, and binders filled with sign - in sheets and lists of checkboxes, that are its hallmarks.