title: I'm assuming you're ok with this?
scene: two men talking.
Man #1: “Your email says that if I don’t respond by Friday you’ll assume your proposal is approved. You can’t take away my decision rights like that."
Man #2: “So, you’re saying that, given time, you’d actually make a decision? history suggests otherwise."
Man #1:Ok, you got me.
Caption: Deemed Acceptance.
The Achilles’ heel of the Non-Committal.