"sorry, i'm a bit tired/distracted/out of things today, could you repeat that more slowly?"
basically, it's considered more polite to put the responsibility for not understanding on yourself, or at least something other than the speaker. if you work somewhere with a fair bit of background noise, blaming that always works well.
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-16 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)basically, it's considered more polite to put the responsibility for not understanding on yourself, or at least something other than the speaker. if you work somewhere with a fair bit of background noise, blaming that always works well.
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(Anonymous) 2012-05-16 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)