Not in my back yard

“No, I totally agree we need to shorten our documents, cut out the complexity and the clutter, write them in plain English, and standardise. Modernisation is key.”

“Great, so how about this confidentiality agreement you sent me, that goes on for eight pages?”

“Yes, well that is a special case and [the client relationship is really important and they wouldn’t accept any change/we have been doing it this way for years/we cannot afford to weaken our stance/insert excuse here... ]”