To me, this is a case of "After whist".
In the game of Bid Whist, each player bids a certain amount in order to be able to name a trump.
If the person or persons that won the bid is successful, then great, they never doubted the success for a minute.
But, if the hand played, was not successful, now you have to listen to all the excuses of what went wrong.
Hence, the term After Whist.
Personally, I'm glad I didn't have to make that decision not to score, because it could have either way.