I reported to a manager
who hated excuses.
He’d respond to an excuse
with
“Don’t waste my time
telling me why it happened.”
Working with him,
trained me to cut the bullshit excuses,
pinpoint the problem,
and solve it.
As Tim Sanders shares
“While many might think that
the explanation excuse is helpful,
it’s actually a waste of
creative energy and breath.
While traffic problems might provide
a reason for being tardy,
they don’t erase the lost time
or make those I’ve inconvenienced feel better.
That’s the fallacy of the excuse-makers:
We think we are providing a service,
when in fact,
we are asking to be let off the hook.”
Excuses might make you feel better
but they waste everyone else’s time.
Unless someone asks,
don’t offer an excuse
for your bad behavior/mistake.
Simply fix the problem.