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Today the Pope finally admitted there has been a problem with child sex abuse by Catholic priests. He blamed it on sin.
What a great answer! It covers any imaginable situation. Sin could be the greatest tool for bad managers everywhere since Total Quality Management.
"Sir, your company, British Petroleum, is responsible for the biggest environmental disaster in America this decade. How did this happen, and what is being done to prevent it happening again?"
"Senator, I've made a thorough investigation, and I'm afraid there has been sin in the ranks of British Petroleum. BP has a deep need to re-learn penance, to accept purification, to learn on one hand forgiveness but also the need for justice."
"Thank you, Mr. Hayward. I'm glad you're on top of the situation."
I wonder if I can use this at work.
That sounds like the kind of remark that goes out of its way to offend several categories of people at once. :)
But in that category the gold standard remains Evelyn Waugh's “now that they no longer defrock priests for sexual perversities, one can no longer get any decent proofreading.”