"It depends". I've used this when someone is claiming to their boss that we never communicated something, generally in situations where we've been communicating

"It depends". I've used this when someone is claiming to their boss that we never communicated something, generally in situations where we've been communicating like crazy, but possibly not with them directly, but via emails to the several affected parties. Generally I assume that the person is just forgetting because they are very busy rather than out to get me, but, nevertheless, you have to defend yourself against that sort of thing. Passive-aggressive in this case is superior to aggressive-aggressive. If you don't defend your reputation, nobody will.