BRIEF AND POLITE
The Japanese are pretty cute business men. One who obtained a. situation with an English firm on trial was asked a. few days after his appointment by the cashier to write to a customer who had owed some money to tho house for a long time and who seemed to have no intention of paying. “Write briefly and politely,” said the cashier, “but let him understand distinctly that we expect him to pay tho money without further delay.” The letter was written, and on the following day came a cheque for the amount due. The surprised cashier asked the new clerk to show him a copy of the letter which had been so effectual. It ran thus:—“Dear Sir,—lf you do not send us at once the money you owe us, we shall be obliged to take steps which wi(l cause you the utmost astonishment.—Respectfully yours .” The form seems to combine Oriental subtlety and British straightforwardness.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 178, 16 April 1923, Page 4
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