‘Forgetting’ to reply

That avalanche of questions provides me with the perfect excuse to ‘forget’ to answer that hard one. Mwahaha I’m a genius!”

Yes, you could use that tactic but I’ll tell you who doesn’t – the diligent, the detail oriented, and the sharp as a tack types.

Once or twice could be forgiven but any more and you slowly build up a reputation for being sloppy.