For Granted

To paraphrase Philip B. Crosby, it's the things you take for granted that do you in. 

• "Was that a real deadline?"
• "You didn't tell us the regulations are important."
• "We didn't think a legal opinion was necessary."
• "I just assumed you were going to handle that."
• "When you said the project had a high priority, we thought you meant it should be done whenever convenient."
• "They wouldn't do that. They promised."
• "We've always had enough resources in the past."
• "They'd never do that. They love us."