I suspect that clay’s suggestion does require a shadow of an excuse. “No, I can’t” is probably worlds better than “Nope.” Recall that illusions of excuses (“I need to”) were shown to help cutting in line at the xerox.
I suspect that clay’s suggestion does require a shadow of an excuse. “No, I can’t” is probably worlds better than “Nope.” Recall that illusions of excuses (“I need to”) were shown to help cutting in line at the xerox.