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How to deal with an upset customer - Great Customer Service (Udemy.com)

Learn Advanced Customer Service Strategies and Tactics to Turn Your Upset Customers into Raving Fans

Created by: Bob Berkowitz

Last updated August 2025

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What you will learn

  • How to listen to what's really bothering your customer.
  • Is your customer angry at you or just angry?
  • The importance of remaining calm when your customer is upset.
  • When to compensate your upset customer.
  • The benefit of customer complaints

How it compares

Against the other 51 rated Udemy courses in Customer Service on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 66% of them
  • Reviews1,208#33 of 52 by number of reviews
  • Length7.5 hourslonger than 96% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2025more recently than 60% of them

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Course Description

How to deal with an upset customer - Great Customer Service
Learn Advanced Customer Service Strategies and Tactics to Turn Your Upset Customers into Raving Fans


Chances are no matter what business you are in, you will have to deal with a customer who is not happy. You will need  the tools, techniques, and attitude that will turn a dissatisfied patron into a satisfied one.

This course will teach you to pay attention to your dissatisfied customer and to listen to what they are saying and what they truly want. 

It is vitally important that you put yourself in the position of your unhappy client. Was your response to their complaints timely and respectful? Did they feel heard and understood? Were you able to resolve their issue? Has more than one customer brought a similar complaint to you?  Is there a pattern? Do customers always tell the truth about what went wrong?

How or when should you compensate a complaining client? What do they really want? Sometimes an acknowledgment of their concern and apology is all that is needed.

Were the terms of your deal clear to your customer?

When should you take the side of your employee over a customer? Some times the customer is wrong. You will be a hero with your employees if you support a colleague over an abusive customer.

Is it ever a good idea to fire a customer? Sometimes complaining consumers are more trouble than they are worth.

It's time to upgrade the customer service for your organization. Turn upset customers into loyal fans. Enroll now.



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Instructor Details

Bob Berkowitz

Bob Berkowitz invested his passion for effective, powerful, and persuasive communications to build a storied career in media. He was a White House correspondent for CNN, a reporter for ABC News, the “Today” show and a talk show host for CNBC.

Today, Bob is a top sales trainer serving clients around the world.

He helps clients create compelling product messages, memorable stories, and the ability to tap into the thinking and emotions of prospective clients.


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Reviews

4.6

1,208 ratings on Udemy

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By Anonymized User on 3/25/2026

It is a great course for beginners, and I can appreciate the recurrence of certain key elements in customer care being reiterated time and time again, in order for a beginner to memorize these. As someone who has already gained experience in the field, a deep dive into some of the topics could have been interesting, but overall, good course to get the jist of what is paramount in Customer Service.

By Androniki Serafeimidou on 3/9/2026

Negotiation and its importance, so that both the client and the business are satisfied, and the experience can spread through word of mouth to other potential customers.

By Rosalyn Tyrrell on 10/30/2025

Taking this course has giving me a lot of insight on how to deal with upset customers and how to deescalate the problem with the right tone and the right words of empathy.

By McKenzie Twedell on 9/5/2025

I've used a lot of these methods before at a food service job! They all absolutely have worked for me, and they leave you feeling like you did the right thing by yourself and the customer.

By Susan Amongi on 7/2/2025

This has been a game -changer for me .I learned effective strategies to remain calm, empathize, and resolve issues effectively.one key take away for me was active listening .It completely shifted how i approach customer interactions. Now, i feel more confident handling tough situations, and it improved my relationships with customers and colleagues like.

By Anonymized User on 9/8/2024

The course covered exactly what I needed to learn, like how to communicate better with customers and solve their problems effectively. , I feel more confident now in managing different customer situations. yes it is match the way the course was taught worked well for me .Overall, this course was a perfect fit for me and has been really beneficial.

By Anonymized User on 2/15/2024

Really good insights. I have been in customer service for 20+ years. The presenter spoke of issues that I haven't heard taught in other presentations. And I have been to LOTS of presentations on customer service.

By IT Support on 11/3/2023

This would be a great example for a customer service refrence and guide, It puts you on a solid path for growth and understandment for both home life and work life. This course underlines the key points of showing empathy and the mutiple ways of working with a upset Costumer

By Anonymized User on 10/23/2023

I believe that this Learning Video was a great example of how we should be as customer service when dealing with an upset customer, I feel like a lot of us take it personal when we are on the phone with a customer, and we forget that the customer doesn't even know us.

By Bridgitte Sullivan on 7/18/2023

I truly learnt so much form this course, i am in the service industry at the moment , i have encounted most of the sernario`s he spoke about, there are now extras i can apply.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100