#excuse

What shows were intentionally sabotaged by the network in order to have an excuse to cancel them?

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What shows were intentionally sabotaged by the network in order to have an excuse to cancel them? Sometimes, somebody at the network wants to cancel a show for some reason, but the show is “too successful” to cancel without cause. So they do everything they can to make the show’s ratings go down, such as intentionally switching around the timeslot to something worse, cutting the budget, doing less publicity, etc. Then once the ratings go dow…

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Rodman: Back injury ‘not an excuse’ for final loss

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Rodman: Back injury ‘not an excuse’ for final loss Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman acknowledged she was battling a back injury in Saturday’s NWSL Championship but refused to use it as an excuse for her team’s 1-0 loss to the Orlando Pride.

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LPT: Use moving as an excuse to quickly cancel any service/utility provider over the phone with haggling agents.

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LPT: Use moving as an excuse to quickly cancel any service/utility provider over the phone with haggling agents. I first did this (without lying) when I moved out of my college apartment but it has proved to work wonders since. My apartment had all utilities included in the monthly rent. But you did have to set up WiFi through a specific provider and give them the exact address so it could be billed properly, and call to cancel upon moving out. It was a qu…

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Evil Week: Take Multiple Pictures of Your Next Flat Tire So You Can Re-Use the Excuse

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Evil Week: Take Multiple Pictures of Your Next Flat Tire So You Can Re-Use the Excuse I have a friend who used to love to use food poisoning as an excuse to take a day off work or otherwise avoid things she didn’t feel like doing. It’s a pretty good lie because food poisoning can make you feel really awful but only for a short amount of time. No one will be surprised at how totally OK you look the next… Read more…

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