smartest excuse

be it asking the person out for a meal, for an important meeting, for a simple favor, for a simple task or what not, some of them love to give excuses to avoid being summoned. through the years, we have come across countless excuses made by them. however, i'm not condemning those who made excuses since some are really legit. i'm here to tell you what i think the smartest excuse is.

"i'm busy"

there, that's the smartest excuse of all time no matter the situation and the person giving the excuse. telling the people around you that you are busy is the smartest excuse one can give, rounding up a shield or wall around them for a moment.

saying you are busy applies to anything. being asked on a date, you can say so and the initiator would probably back down and stop asking. being asked to turn up for an important meeting, you can say so and thus hinting the rest you might have something more important to handle than the meeting. being asked for a favor or task, you can say so to indicate that your hands are probably full and cannot do anymore stuff at the moment.

saying you are busy creates the ambiguity that few would question. when you say you are busy, you don't always provide the specific details. this creates the certain cloud of imagination for the listener to guess and figure hat exactly you are busy with. however, more often than not, the latter tend to pass it off and the supposedly busy person escapes no matter he/she is lying about being busy or not.

saying you are busy too often might result to trust issues, this might only apply to some. saying so too often without giving details might send the message of not being open or too frank with the other party.. resulting to a possible strain between their relationship.

so i guess giving that excuse can be smart and can be back-fired too. personally, i would say giving general details would be better than just saying "i'm busy". to me, such thing is a courtesy since the person took the liberty to seek you, which means he/she trusts you and your ability or treasure you. food for thought.