Gentle ways to say “out of scope”?

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“Love it, great idea! Let me take a run at estimating the time and cost and I’ll get it back to you as a change order. How’s Wednesday next week, soon enough?”

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Happy to hear this, this is what differentiates us from Accenture.

Let’s put this on the parking lot and revisit later

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“Not a problem — we’ll have it to you first thing on Monday.” — Partner

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Or it’s “Try to be more flexible”

Lets take a step back and revisit our objective.

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“It’s out of scope”

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Lol exactly

Is this an appropriate time for “Ok Boomer”?

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______ you be trippin!

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We love a parking lot 🙃🙃🙃

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I see. Let’s think about the option and see how it fits with what we are planning to do

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‘Let’s see how this falls in the priorities list, happy to elevate it and let’s see what we can eliminate’

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Ignore until it comes up again then transition.

Parkiinnnnngggggg loooooooottttttttt

It’s a lyric from Rage Against the Machine 🙄

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