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Helping Your Customers Look For An Item
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Helping Your Customers Look For An Item Helping Your Customers Look For An Item
Avoid: Wait, I help you find.
Say: Please wait for a while. I’ll find it for you.
It’s common to hear busy but helpful sales staff saying “Wait, I help you find”.
This sentence isn’t Standard English.
Using the word “Wait” at the start of the sentence also sounds like a command.
It can sound unfriendly, especially coming from a service staff.
Instead, we should be saying, “Please wait for a while. I’ll find it for you.”
Source: Edited from the Singapore Retailers Association's Speak Good English pamphlet.

