15. “I’m having trouble hearing you.”
If you don’t like where a conversation is headed, a poor reception is an ideal scapegoat. There might be a little bit of noise on the other side or a little break in the recording, but if you really wanted to hear what the other person was saying, you would.
16. “Oh shoot, I forgot to do that.”
When your boss asked you to write a proposal that you knew he ‘d probably end up refusing, you decided to ignore the request yourself. But in that rare situation where your boss remembers something he asked you to do, you have to act like it slipped out of your mind, not that you chose to ignore it.
