You are the manager of a restaurant that has received a letter of complaint about poor service from a member of your staff. Write a letter of apology to the person who has complained. In your letter: -Say how sorry you are that the person has had poor experience. -Explain what action has been taken against the staff member. -Offer a free meal for four people at the restaurant as a gesture of goodwill.

Dear Mrs. Smith, I am writing with regard to your complaint about the bad attitude of one of our staff. My name is Maria Do, the manager of the restaurant. Since receiving your complaint letter, I have not been able to not to think of it. I understand your discomfort and feel so sorry about it. Like you, I can not accept a rude attitude towards customers, especially since we are in the customer service sector. His unprofessional manner may ruin our reputation as customer satisfaction is our ultimate goal. For your information, on the position of manager, I have extended his probation period to another month, and I have warned him to be fired if he repeats
such
behaviour. As the mistake was caused by our organization, I would like to invite you to a free dinner for four people at our restaurant as our apology. Please give us your date and time beforehand so that we can prepare better. Once again, on behalf of all our staff, I would like to say sorry and hope to receive your continuous support. Yours sincerely, Maria Do
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