Olive Garden: Conflict Management Style

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I recently had a conflict with my little sister. We were going out for lunch and we couldn’t agree on which restaurant to go to. She wanted to go to Red Robin, but I wanted to go to Olive Garden. She became very upset and was not willing to talk about the situation. She continued to yell at me about how it was unfair if she didn’t get to pick the restaurant. I told her that we needed to come up with a compromise. We agreed to eat at Red Robin, and then next time we went out to eat we would eat at Olive Garden. We were both happy with the compromise and were able to enjoy our lunch at Red Robin without arguing. I used the conflict management style compromising. I use this conflict management style in most situations. The compromise of eating

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