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The footballer who shows up with a “slight hamstring strain”; the worker who is locked in a daily battle with her childcare or who is regularly snookered by the same train timetable that others manage without fuss | The footballer who shows up with a “slight hamstring strain”; the worker who is locked in a daily battle with her childcare or who is regularly snookered by the same train timetable that others manage without fuss; the holder of {{confiprov|confidential information}} who claims that [[contractual damages]] might not be an adequate remedy — each of these is an [[excuse pre-loader]]. | ||
The art of [[managing expectations]] by explaining, before something goes drastically wrong, the extenuating circumstances which will make this turn of events inevitable, if it is the way the events turn, which it will be. | The art of [[managing expectations]] by explaining, before something goes drastically wrong, the extenuating circumstances which will make this turn of events inevitable, if it is the way the events turn, which it will be. |