Tone Matters Most
Have you ever heard the phrase, “90% of what you say isn’t coming out of your mouth?” What’s being referred to is nonverbal communication; Haptics (touch), Kinesics (body movement/gestures), Proxemics (personal space), Oculesics (eye contact), Facial Expressions, Physical Appearance, Artifacts (objects/adornments), and Vocalics/Paralanguage (voice tone/pitch). When you have a CSR answering the phone the only nonverbal communication being used is vocalics or their tone. It’s not necessarily what they’re saying, but rather how they’re saying it. Of course, word choice matters in communication, but the delivery of those words matters more.