Pat never has work done on time. Instead of admitting that, Pat always says, "Why me? These things always happen to me..." And follows with a tale of woe. The team then is distracted by Pat's troubles and sympathizes instead of con¬fronting this ir¬respon¬sibility. What does this situation imply?

A. Pat is a deviant and the group is putting on pressure to con¬form.
B. Pat plays a game to get sympathy and avoid responsibility; the team falls into a script when Pat starts with the gimmick of, "Why me?..."
C. Pat doesn't want to confuse issues with too much information.
D. All of the above


B

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