Adults make up the darndest excuses

In general, kids just don't know how to back up their arguments, or come up with good excuses. The backbone for most arguments seems to be the reason "Because!" i.e.,

"You can't cut in line!"
"Why?"
"Because!"

They don't seem to fare any better when coming up with excuses.

So one would think, that as adults, we are capable of backing up our excuses and arguments with logic and facts. So one would think.

I work in the technical support field. This means that often I have the sad duty to tell why something is not working. I'm usually very specific about it. Even though I'm specific, and back up the reasons with facts, people still seem inclined to argue. The problem is, they don't argue well. I get claims such as, "but it was working yesterday," as well as, "I haven't changed anything," to, "but my neighbor has it!"

Let's apply these "reasons" to other real life situations shall we?

"But it was working yesterday!" Such is the nature of electronics, or any piece of technology for that matter. Your car can work great for years at a time and then one day not start. Are these people honestly going to go to a mechanic and argue "what do you mean the battery is dead? it was working yesterday!"

"But my neighbor has it!" Let's say your neighbor gets a shiny new Hummer at a local dealer. He got a great loan. You go to the same dealer, and apply for the same loan, and are denied the loan. Honestly, do we expect the dealer to give the loan because "my neighbor got it?" Pretty silly, isn't it?

Silly logic and excuses exist elsewhere. I'm sure when it comes to car accidents, or being accused of a crime, the same silliness ensues. When a person hit my car after totally ignoring a red light, she told me "but you came out of nowhere!" Yeah, my car materialized suddenly. Sure. Don't you have three mirrors on that car of yours? When it comes to crimes, I'm always entertained to hear people's excuses on the news.

On some message boards I like to visit, people will badmouth, lets say, a movie, and call others stupid when they say they like it. "How could you like Action Blockbuster 3? It sucked! You're stupid." (these are the actual arguments most of the time)

Adults seem to come up with ways to exempt themselves from responsibilities others must face. I don't have to be on time, because the meeting never starts on time. I don't have to throw away my trash, someone else will do it for me.

And while these people seem to be giving, to them, valid arguments, all I can seem to hear is "Because!"