| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 152.1 | This is not an excuse, is it? | CEDSWS::REDDEN | learning for profit | Wed Nov 19 1986 08:54 | 2 |
| Gee - I'm not sure I understand your question well enough to try
to answer it. ;^) ;^) ;^)
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| 152.2 | er, ah, um, the devil made me do it. | SPIDER::PARE | | Wed Nov 19 1986 10:29 | 6 |
| Sometimes excuses are a way of communicating. (or was that an
excuse :-). People who do not (in some way) feel threatened
do not have to make excuses you know...
or was that another excuse?
:-)
Gee, this question is too confusing for me too.
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| 152.3 | who me?? | WATNEY::SPARROW | Vivian Sparrow | Wed Nov 19 1986 10:36 | 12 |
| I had a manager once who expected excuses so he could call
you a lier. then I got a manager who Hated excuses. He would
carry on about not taking responsibility for your own actions
and if nothing was "really" wrong, there would be no need for
an excuse in the first place.
if I messed things up, he'd ask me who, what and how something
happened the way it did. got to where I'd say, "I did it".
Nothing else. Blew him away not hearing any whys or wherefores.
Cracked me up. Don't know what the actual question is for this
note, just thought I'd throw that in.
chirp
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| 152.5 | It seems pretty simple now | CEDSWS::REDDEN | learning for profit | Wed Nov 19 1986 17:13 | 8 |
| RE: .4 Bob_the_hiker on the difference in excuses and reasons
>Then, other than perception, what is the difference between
>"making excuses" and "providing reasons" ?
Any reason can be converted to an excuse by the rejection of the
person who is listening. That hiker is a pretty smart fellow.
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| 152.6 | Excuse, white lie, tact - different? | BIZET::COCHRANE | Send lawyers, guns and money. | Fri Nov 21 1986 10:49 | 6 |
| Hey! Wait a minute! What's the difference between an
excuse and a "white lie?" I always thought that an excuse was a
socially acceptable way to avoid hurting someone's feelings - tact
by another name.
Mary-Michael
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