Blame Shifters Gifts

'The devil made me do it...'

"I'm expert at sniffing out blame."

"Delegating authority is good. Delegating blame is better."

"It's not my fault! The Russians must have hacked my brain!"

'Don't blame yourself, Jenkins... let me do that!'

The Birth of a Lawsuit

'To address this mistake we must use root-cause analysis. I'll begin by saying it's not my fault.'

Like Minded

Take your time coming back...they're looking for scapegoats.

'Ooops. Wonder if I can claim El Nino caused a surge in water pressure?'

"It's an even numbered day. Do we blame the message or the messenger on even numbered days?"

"Sometimes I think they hired me just to take the blame."

'I like the way you handle responsibility, Mac, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

Management by committee: 'The buck stops here, here, here, here,,,'

"I'm not worried because somehow all this is your fault."

'It was productive once we found someone to blame.'

Scapegoat: In case of emergency

'What excuse do you have for a lousy shot now?'

"Ya, that's right. Blame the help."

"...I need some closure. Can we go ahead and spin the Wheel Of Blame?"

'Ms Simpson? Get me the Scapegoat du Jour.'

'Never mind your ideas.. how do you come up with your excuses?'

"Delegating authority is useful. Delegating blame is essential."

"I'm all out of answers! Get me my book of excuses!"

'Mom, I swear it wasn't me! I didn't touch the cookies!'

"Look, I'm not blaming you. I'm just suing you."

'Don't even think about it: I won't be the scapegoat again!'

"Today, Trump blamed Obama, Syria blamed terrorists, Russia blamed US aggression, the US blamed Putin..."

'It's not my fault! My dad channel surfs constantly!'

"Don't just pin this on me. You didn't want to kill the spider either."

"Being a twin is great. I always have a scapegoat."

'I am willing to fail... as long as it's not my fault.'

"So basically you are looking for books on changing everyone except yourself."

"I blame the nurses."