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What is a likely consequence of a person waiting a long time to deliver
bad news?
Multiple Choice
The person’s credibility will be enhanced.
The person will be perceived as kind and
sympathetic.
The bad-news recipients will feel less hurt.
The bad-news recipients will speculate and
gossip.
The recipients of the bad news will react in a
constructive manner.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The bad-news recipients will speculate and gossip.

Delaying bad news creates uncertainty and a vacuum that people fill with rumors and worst-case assumptions, which increases mistrust and negative reactions.