Ten creative ways to say 'no'
Susan Castle is a success coach at Out With The Dots
1. Oh you meant this Friday, I thought you meant the fifth Friday in November.
2. I am sorry, but I'm observing National Apathy Week.
3. Oh dear, now if only you'd asked me that yesterday.
4. I'll have a think about that and I'll get back to you when my feng shui calendar says it's the right time.
5. I'm sorry, I have to take my parakeet to the psychiatrist that night.
6. I'll do it, on the proviso that I get a full refund of all the time spent.
7. I'm having my plants neutered that day.
8. I'm sorry but I've decided to dedicate my life to spaghetti.
9. Oh goodness, that's a hard decision, I'll have to think about that for, oh, maybe a nanosecond.
10. Darn it, I must have left my body in my other clothes...
