1) Conversation with bloke "Mate this has come up which means we can't do that, shall we just do this instead?"
Bloke... shrugs shoulder "Yeh no worries" - goes and gets on with it.
2) Conversation with woman "Looks like this has come up which means we can't do that, shall we just do this instead?"
Woman... looks at you blankly then says "But I'd planned to do it this way and what about this thing here?"
Me " Yep, but we can't do it now so shall we leave this thing here until next time, but jsut do this instead?"
Woman, "Well it doesn't help..."
Me "I know but situation has changed and it's unavoidable. I'm sure we can still do it next time"
Woman - looks at you like you just called her mum a whore and stuck a spade up her fanny.
Me - trying to smile and stay calm when really I want her to **** off and die "OK? Thanks for that"
Woman "Well I'll do what I can but it's not going to be very good. I had planned to do it that way. Can we not get Adam to cover that so we can do this?"
Me "No, I've looked at all the otions we can't. Thanks and I'm sure you'll do your best"
....come back an hour later to find woman in a strop, doing a **** job of the contingency plan you had suggested and then moans about her own incompetency but makes a sly dig that it's all your fault