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If someone tries to shove...

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If someone tries to shove...

Submitted by Mark R. Brown (not verified) on April 23, 2007 - 2:54am.

If someone tries to shove a task off on me, I just tell them I don’t have time. Which I don’t. If they continue to beg and plead, I answer with this old chestnut:

“I’m sorry, but lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.”

That usually shuts ‘em up.

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