I wanted to note the top-ten excuses I run into when following up on tasks, but lengthened the list to twelve. So here it goes:
12. I wasn’t hired to do that.
11. I thought I told you.
10. I’m so busy I just can’t get around to it.
9. I didn’t think it was very important.
8. I forgot.
7. Wait ’til the boss comes back and ask him.
6. That’s his job, not mine.
5. I’m waiting for an Okay.
4. No one told me to go ahead.
3. That’s not in my department.
2. I didn’t know you were in a hurry for it.
And the Number One reason tasks, processes and/or projects are not implemented. . .
1. That’s not the way we’ve always done it.
To save time you can now refer to each excuse by number.
I have another excuse – ‘he (whoever he or she is) told me I didn’t have to do it.”