If in doubt, stick it in

“If in doubt, stick it in.”

Also known as Cassanova’s advice or the Credit officer’s refrain, an admonition only offered, in these pages, with a generous helping of irony.

Better advice: murder your darlings. Or, as our brethren lawyers would say, subject one’s darlings, or procure that such darlings are subjected to, culpable homicide.

See also

• Credit department
• Give it a try

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