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{{a|psychology| | {{a|psychology|[[File:All different.jpg|450px|thumb|center|You’re all different. You’re all individuals.]]}}{{d|Special pleading|/ˈspɛʃəl/ /ˈpliːdɪŋ/|n|}}<br>1. To cite something — usually, one’s job, person or justification for sorry existence — as an exception to a general principle with which otherwise wholeheartedly professes agreement, without explaining or justifying the exception.<br> | ||
[[File:All different.jpg|450px|thumb|center|You’re all different. You’re all individuals.]] | 2. A double standard, being a standard that is so good it is worth ''two'' normal standards. | ||
}}{{agency paradox capsule}} | |||
{{quote|“No, I totally agree we need to shorten our documents, cut out the complexity and the clutter, write them in {{tag|plain English}}, and standardise. Modernisation is key.”<br> | |||
“Great, so how about this [[confidentiality agreement]] you sent me, that goes on for eight pages?” <br> | |||
“Ah. Yes, well, you see, 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''... ]” | |||
{{agency paradox capsule}} | |||
Examples abound. The JC, because he is [[sloth|lazy]] is an inveterate ''simplifier''. There is not a contract in the world, he is fond of saying, that could not be half the length it is. | Examples abound. The JC, because he is [[sloth|lazy]] is an inveterate ''simplifier''. There is not a contract in the world, he is fond of saying, that could not be half the length it is. | ||