Don't lie.
Seriously, it seems simple enough, but a long series of events the last few weeks...perhaps months...has made me realize it's painfully easy to do. Perhaps the biggest surprise, though, is that some level of dishonesty is apparently acceptable. An example:
Someone...let's call her "Judy"...has been circulating an email stating that someone else...um, "Mike"...has been leaving work early and not showing up on days he's been scheduled to work. Now, aside from being a lie, it's a particularly lousy lie as well, because it's easily discredited. Mike clocks in and out from work each day (something that, honestly, is a bit ridiculous in and of itself, but I digress). It's quite simple for anyone (including Judy and her superiors) to check and see that Mike hasn't been doing what Judy has claimed. Still, not only is Judy's word being accepted as gospel, but Mike is suffering the consequences of this lie. Others DO know that Judy's being dishonest, and yet nothing is being done.
Lying apparently is acceptable among the brass in Mike's company. To this, Mike replies: "Never let the fact that others have no standards serve as an excuse to lower your own."
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Dager....I feel for you.....CPartridge
ReplyDeleteEverything will come out in the end. And when the truth comes out (if i was in this situation), i would bring the wrath of god down on her. I would do whatever in my power to have her humiliated if not fired from her post. There is no need for someone to have to suffer at the hands of someone that lies. Turn it around on her, that is what i have to say. You could turn the other cheek, but i think she should be made an example of.
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