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by vacri 3850 days ago
Half of those are perfectly valid responses. "I don't have time" or "I don't know anyone who knows how" or "it is too expensive" - these aren't the passive-aggressive responses that you're implying.
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Those aren't the responses, otherwise it would be fine, you would be accurately communicating the actual problem. Instead, those are the underlying reason for just saying "I can't do it" instead of being forthcoming.