Sometimes it happens that, having planned out your schedule in advance, coming up to a certain day, you realize that you are not doing anything. Questions have accumulated that require immediate solutions. This forces you to postpone the cases conceived earlier. If solving urgent problems is a priority for you at the moment, then you will have to exclude tasks that have already been included in the schedule. For example, canceling a scheduled appointment.
Instructions
Step 1
How to refuse a meeting so that the person with whom the appointment was made does not take offense? If this is a business negotiation, find an opportunity to send a representative of your company to the meeting. It is desirable that the position of this employee is the same as yours, or higher. Otherwise, by sending a person incompetent in working matters to negotiate, you can lower the prestige of the company. And the receiving side can regard this as disrespect for them as partners.
Step 2
If business negotiations still fail, and there is no way to send a replacement person, you need to warn the people with whom you were supposed to meet in advance. The sooner you do this, the better. Business people plan their schedule in advance, and can use the free hours with something useful. Be sure to explain the reason for the breakdown of the meeting. Try to postpone the negotiations to another time convenient for your partners. Most likely, you will not be denied. After all, everyone had a force majeure, and there is nothing critical about it.
Step 3
How can you refuse a meeting if you are invited to a place you do not want to go? You can honestly say that you don't like this idea. Say that you would like to stay at home, take a break from work, read a book. Promise to be sure to call if you suddenly change your mind. Your friends will treat your desire with understanding and in no way will be offended.
Step 4
How to refuse a meeting if you are invited on a date by a person who is not interesting or even unpleasant to you? In this situation, do not delay the showdown. Say immediately and clearly that you don’t like the person, you don’t want to date him either now or ever in the future. Otherwise, the person will have hope, and he will start bombarding you with SMS and calls asking for a date.
Step 5
So, there are two main principles of correct refusal of a meeting:
1. Warn about the impossibility of meeting ahead of time.
2. Explain the reason why you will not show up for the meeting.
In this case, the person with whom the date breaks down will not harbor a grudge against you, and you can always continue to communicate with him.
