Energy saving. (Turn off the power to save electricity.)
We’ll have to abandon the entire concept. (The only person who understood the thing just quit.)
We had a major technological breakthrough. (It’s boring, but it looks high tech.)
We’re preparing a report with a fresh approach. (We just hired a couple of kids out of college.)
Preliminary operational tests proved inconclusive. (It blew up when we flipped the switch.)
Test results proved extremely gratifying. (Yahoo! It actually worked.)
Please read and initial. (We want to spread around the responsibility.)
Tell us what you are thinking. (We’ll listen, but if it disagrees with what we’ve already done or are planning to do, forget it.)
Tell us your interpretation. (Let’s hear your bull.)
We’ll look into it. (Forget it! We’ve got so many other problems already, we’ll never get to it.)
No maintenance. (If it breaks, we can’t fix it.)