Annoyances V - 'Zero tolerance'

The ultimate phrase for getting tough on things. Want to shout to everyone that you mean business? Then brandish these two words with reckless abandon.

Except, it's generally a good idea to have at least a small degree of leniency, for, you know, unforeseen circumstances, and would be much fairer overall to judge everything on a case-by-case basis. But that isn't a good soundbite, so forget I said that.

And it's not actually effective. But people will have forgotten about it by the time they realise that, so forget I said that too.