text: Well, you have to learn to play the "Corporate Game".  Try taking a business communications course.\n\nMost people can accept you being direct or confrontational if you learn how to do this tactfully... ie\n\nOpen with a compliment\nEase in the Critism\nOffer Alternatives or other ideas\nThank them and close on a positive note\n\nIf you provide more information, we could possibly pinpoint what went wrong.