REASONS WHY NOT

Just imagine that some important changes should be performed in the company you work for. After a number of staff meetings everything seems to remain the same. Those sentences below were presented as good reasons for not changing anything at all. Your task is to study these sentences and give your personal opinion.

It has never been tried before.
We tried it before.
We’ve never done it before.
Another company tried it before.
We’ve been doing it this way for 25 years.
It won’t work in a small company.
It won’t work in a large company.
It won’t work in our company.
Why change, it’s working ok.
The boss will never buy it.
It needs further investigation.
Our competitors are not doing it.
It’s too much trouble to change.
Our company is different.
The Ad Dept. says it can’t be done.
The Sales Dept. says it can’t be sold.
The Service Dept. won’t like it.
The janitor says it won’t work.
It can’t be done. That’s it !
We don’t have the money.
We don’t have the personnel.
We don’t have the equipment.
The Union will scream.
It’s too visionary.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.