Unfortunately, sometimes a trivial matter turns into a boring routine. And all because people, for the sake of some benefits, make an elephant out of a fly, thereby complicating the life of both themselves and others.
You will need
lack of conscience, desire to make excuses
Instruction manual
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In order to answer the question "how to make an elephant out of a fly", you need to understand what this expression means. The point is that in some cases a completely trifling question (that same fly) can be turned into a long and tedious business (of an elephant).
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You can make an elephant out of a fly if you are trying to buy time. Suppose you were given a week to solve a complex work task. The deadline is already ending, but you understand that you will not be able to catch it unequivocally. This is where the "elephant fly" comes in handy. You can find fault in any document, endlessly ask him to fix it. You can request extra data, even if you don’t really need it. Write endless memos, minutes, comments. That is, to deliberately exaggerate the scope of the task given to you in order to gain time.
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If a person has committed a small offense, then he begins to make excuses. In some cases, instead of immediately acknowledging his mistake and asking for forgiveness, a person begins to make an elephant out of a fly: he distorts the circumstances, tries to denigrate other people, fence himself off, find an explanation, even illogical, to his act. All this, instead of admitting guilt and closing an unpleasant question. Sometimes they make an elephant out of a fly for its own benefit. For example, a certain amount is included in the budget for a specific project. A person wants an amount more. How to get her? To inflate the project to unprecedented sizes, to invent non-existent expense items, to attract extra employees. All this, of course, is unpleasant, but sometimes, unfortunately, people do this.