Adam DeVine Quotes

If the salesperson is busy, he or she should nod and say 'I'll be with you in a few moments,' so the customer won't mind waiting.

If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important.

When checking in at an airport, no matter how rude the check-in person is to you, always smile and be nice because you don't know what kind of day they've had. You are going on holiday and they're stuck wherever they are. Be nice to them because they can re-route your baggage to wherever they feel like.

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

Telemarketers tell me I sound like Bill Cosby.

I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.

Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

I was actually really good at telemarketing.

I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat waiters and shop assistants, especially when you are one.

Call centres employ mainly out-of-work actors because vocal skills plus low self-esteem equals reliable cold caller.

I try to remain calm and treat my club with respect.

Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.

There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect.

I'm always nice.

Always be nice to the front desk staff because they can choose to make your life a living hell, and they'll remember you.

So many times, when you're doing a job, you feel like you're a nuisance at times to people, intruding on their space when you ask them questions; maybe they don't want to deal with you at the time. And now, it's, 'Hey, welcome, where's Craig?' Whereas, now, it's kind of different.

Treating our customers and each other with respect and dignity is at the core of who we are, and we must always remember this no matter how challenging the situation.

What we expect from our drivers, as team mates, is that they show respect for each other and allow one another enough room on the race track.

Oh God, I've done telesales. It doesn't get much lower than that, really. That's the job I enjoyed the least.

Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of a dinner conversation with people who matter to you? You can't wait five minutes before staring at your phone?

The last thing I say on most phone calls is not, 'Goodbye,' but, 'Thank you.'