Keeping Calm

Explained:

You lost your temper with a colleague who didn’t inform you of last minute changes to overseas prices.

I lost my temper with a colleague who didn’t update me on new exchange rate prices for my overseas resorts.

  1. Question it!
    ~ Say it:I lost my temper with a colleague who didn't update me on new exchange rate prices for my overseas resorts.
    ~ Question the text
    ~ What did he lose? Answer: his temper.
    ~ Who didn’t update him? Answer: a colleague.
    ~ What didn’t he update him on? Answer: new prices.
    ~ What new prices didn’t he update you on? Answer: overseas ones.

  2. Work on it!
    ~ Make a new sentence changing the subject and object of ‘went up’
    ~ Find another modifier of ‘temper’
    ~ Your answer:
    ~ Find a modifier of ‘prices’
    ~ Your answer:
    ~ Find another sentence ~ object of ‘who didn’t update me’
    ~ Your answer:

  3. Get ready for it!
    ~ Place, time, characters and situation
    ~ Place:
    ~ The office
    ~ Time:
    ~ One hour before the deadline
    ~ Characters:
    ~ You and your colleague
    ~ Situation:
    ~ Explain why you lost your temper. Apologize if you are the colleague.
    ~ Example:
    Colleague: When is the deadline?
    You: It is today!
    Colleague: I’m sorry but there were some last minute changes which were completely unavoidable.
    You: Why doesn’t anyone anticipate what extra work this means for me? Why on earth didn’t you tell me earlier?
    Colleague: I know, I know. I could have been quicker with the updates. I apologize.

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