Blame Gun Edit Meaning

1.

Similar to Finger Pointing. A knee-jerk reaction to assign

blame to someone in a team setting for a series

of mistakes, unmet goals, etc. that cause a serious

failure. Once the Blame Gun has been pointed

and fired, the victim may be let go, written up, demoted,

shunned, etc. Ironically, often times the shooter is as

much to blame for a failure as the victim.

Joe : "I bet somebody's gonna get sacked for losing

that big account."

Moe: "The boss pointed the Blame Gun at me, but

I convinced him it was Fred's fault, so Fred

got shot instead."

Joe : "Well played."

See scapegoat, fall guy, fail, power trip