(03-22-2017 08:59 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 11:30 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  What you're saying is the letter of the law is more important than the spirit of the law.

That a good try, but it doesn't work for this simple reason: if the spirit really were that much more encompassing, then they would've just written that.

So, we must go by the letter.

(03-22-2017 06:59 AM)bullet Wrote:  in a way that they can't get an alternative.

Pure nonsense.

They leave and go somewhere else.

By pretending to do it and putting off your "I can't get it done by that date" to the last minute you make it very difficult for them.
You are just saying that your preference would be to act like a jerk.