Excuses, excuses...

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Russian mayor bans excuse making

The mayor of a city in Russia has issued a list of excuses that he will not tolerate from civil servants.

Alexander Kuzmin, mayor of Megion in western Siberia, said that officials must stop using phrases such as "I don't know" and "it's lunch time".

Mr Kuzmin said city officials should help improve people's lives and solve their problems, not make excuses.

The mayor's press office said the list consists of 27 forbidden phrases, including "there's no money".

BANNED PHRASES INCLUDE:

• What am I supposed to do?
• I'm not dealing with this
• We're having lunch
• The working day is over
• Somebody else has the documents
• I think I was off sick at the time

Mr Kuzmin warned in a statement that "the use of these expressions by city administration officials while speaking to the head of the city will speed their departure."

He said he was taking action as he was tired of civil servants telling him that problems were impossible to solve, rather than offering practical solutions.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian mayor bans excuse making

Topic: What's your most-used excuse?

[Evastio]

I don't ever use excuses unless it's the truth and/or someone's basically asking me to say one.

[Mirage]

I don't make excuses. I inform people of the reason.

[tidus_rox]

Yes. Excuses are wrong, however I must say that everyone has used one sometime in their lives. Including me... oh the memories.

[cloud21zidane16]

Yes. Excuses are wrong, however I must say that everyone has used one sometime in their lives. Including me... oh the memories.

yeah, ive only used it when ive really needed too

[LunarWeaver]

The Marilyn Manson music and video game influence excuses let me get away with eveything.

[Vikeve]

I make excuses to get off the phone with some very chatty and annoying people before. I used to be able to tell the person when I just don't feel like talking but now I've gotten out of the habit to do that.

Normaly, for not having homework I just tell the teacher I didn't do it becuase I'm lazy but sometimes I say that it sucked up in time portals and such but I told that to this mean teacher one day and... well... I haven't done it since really.

[mooglebunni608]

'It'll be done SOON!~' is something I say so often it's turned into a little chant XD

[Madame Adequate]

I don't generally make excuses, but if there's something I don't wanna go to and someone invites me, I'll say there's family stuff going on.

[snacks]

"I will."

[Rengori]

I don't know.

[Lasher]

I feel bad for them. They're jobs must suck.

[Mirage]

So they can't eat lunch if someone asks them about something?
That could potentially let a terrorist starve them to death!

[bipper]

I'm retarded.

[Christmas]

It's all LITTLE MANUS' fault.