60 reasons for a closed mind

I have this list in a load of papers I have in my file and it reminded me of some of the crass comments I have received in the past on work that I have done. perhaps a few of you may recognise these in your experience:

We tried that before
Our place is different
It costs too much
That’s beyond our responsibility
That’s not my job
We’re all too busy to do that
It’s too radical a change
We don’t have the time
Not enough help
That will make other equipment obsolete
Let’s make a market research test of it first
Our office is too small for it
Not practical for our level of staff
The men will never buy it
The staff association will scream
We’ve never done it before
It’s against company policy
Runs up our overheads
We don’t have the authority
That’s too ivory tower
Let’s get back to reality
That’s not our problem
Why change it, it’s still working OK
I don’t like the idea
You’re right, but……
You’re two years ahead of your time
We’re not ready for that
We don’t have the money, equipment, room, personnel
It isn’t in the budget
Can’t teach and old dog new tricks
Good thought, but impractical
Let’s hold it in abeyance
Top management would never go for it
Let’s give it more thought
Let’s put it in writing
we’ll be the laughing stock
Not that again
we’d lose money in the long run
where’d you dig that one up?
We did all right without it
That’s what we can expect from O&M
It’s never been tried before
Let’s shelve it for the time being
Let’s form a committee
Has anyone else tried it?
Customer’s won’t like it
I don’t see the connection
It won’t work in our office
What you are really saying is ….
Maybe that will work in your department, but not mine
The Executive Committee will never go for it
Don’t you think we should look into it further before we act?
What do hey do in our competitor offices
Let’s all sleep on it
It can’t be done
It’s too much trouble to change
It won’t pay for itself
I know a fellow who tried it
It’s impossible
We’ve always done it this way