Touchy Feely management

[bugshaw]

My friends with small children may well be familiar with the That's Not My... series of Touchy Feely books, board books incorporating scraps of textured fabric. That's not my puppy... its coat is too rough. That's not my robot... its eyes are too shiny. That's not my fairy... her wings are too furry. (Incidentally, the dragon's claws have the same texture as the fairy's shoes. I wonder if her shoes are made from dragon?)

For those of you struggling with bureaucracy and the workplace, we have That's Not My Problem!
That's not my problem... it's a Health and Safety issue.
That's not my problem... it's more than my job's worth.
That's not my problem... it needs someone with more authority.
That's my problem... its deadline is too close!

Comments

[ceb.livejournal.com]

That's not my problem... I go home in 5 minutes.

[cuddles-batcave.livejournal.com]

How about: "That's not my problem.. you broke it, you fix it"?

[fanf]

That's not my problem ... it will require months of consultation.

[naath.livejournal.com]

That's not my cow...

That's not my problem... I'm NOT THE SYSADMIN. Is my personal bugbear at the moment (no, I will not install windows for you; no, I absolutely will not provide you with an illegal copy of windows, the grant money is there for a reason, no, I do not know anything about the lousy notwork).

[atreic.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

That's not my problem...

[hazelchaz]

You can't have it this year.

(We need to develop it, test it, release it, tie it into the other product, test that, release that. Oh, if you can't have it right away you don't need it at all? fancy that.)