Put somebody out
I am going to talk to a supervisor about the problem of one of his team members, but I don't want to cause any trouble to anyone because I don't know if the problem is the system or the person. I just would like to fix the problem.
I am wondering if this is the most common expression or there is a better one. I don't want to sound threatening or angry. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
"I don't want to put anyone out, but I hope there is a way to fix this "
put sb out
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If you suggest that someone is at fault, that seems unavoidably threatening to my way of thinking. " "Put out" is a bit weak for the context.
- If you suggest that someone is at fault, that seems unavoidably threatening to my way of thinking.
- " "Put out" is a bit weak for the context.
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If you suggest that someone is at fault, that seems unavoidably threatening to my way of thinking. With that in mind, I think you want "point the finger", meaning assign blame: "I don't want to point the finger, but …." "Put out" is a bit weak for the context.
0Are you the supervisor's boss?
In my working experience, people try to avoid discussing feelings. Emotional terms like anger or annoyance are fairly rare. The general idea is to stick to objective facts as much as possible.
eg
You did this.
It made a problem for the project.
Don't do this anymore.
I wouldn't use the term 'put someone out'.
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