Everybody we know opts to
hear the bad news first, so here goes: In 2017, ebook sales dropped for perhaps the first time ever.
Not exact matches
The
first thought of many, upon
hearing that
news, was probably something like, «OhmyGod, who let those 34
bad guys loose amongst all the heroes?»
Years ago, I
heard a child psychologist tell parents that
bad news should be delivered to children during the
first ten seconds of the conversation.
If the
first a father
hears from his daughter's teacher is
bad news — for instance, an email that she hasn't been doing her homework — he may not want to listen.
If you have to reach out to a family to give
bad news — say their child was throwing things — if this is the
first time [they're]
hearing from [you], that message will be received differently» than if you've already created a trusting partnership with them.
We've
heard the
bad news — the job market will stay its dismal course in the
first quarter and not improve until the -LSB-...]