Q. Fur better or worse?: I keep a photograph of my pets at my office desk. My job is not particularly exciting, but one of the things that keeps me going is telling “tall tails” about my animals whenever a customer inquires. Most recently I claimed that my kitty was a distant relative of a line of felines belonging to a famous Hollywood star. I find it so exciting and gratifying when a customer takes the bait and believes my white lie. Even more exciting is when they press for details and I have to weave a brilliant, plausible story on the fly. Is this normal behavior or should I knock it off?
A: It would be awfully uncomfortable if you were ever caught in one of those lies, particularly if two customers came in at the same time and compared notes on the different stories you’d fed them, but if you don’t deal with a lot of repeat customers, and you’re not spending half the workday claiming your dog was a great-great-great descendant of Laika, you have my reluctant permission to make up stories on occasion. You’re certainly not the first person to pass the time at a slightly dull, undemanding job by making things up. I hope you can find a job that requires you to use more of your mental energy and imagination someday soon.
If you want to lie to random people at the mall or something fine. But if i was her boss and found out she was lying to my Clients, i would fire her arse.
I agree that this is a sign of mental illness. This is not normal behavior of people who need a challenge in their job. Wow. New Prudie's inexperience strikes again. What kind of employer would be ok with this ?! None.
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
I think it's really odd that people are jumping to mental illness. Ever heard of a writer? They make up stories for a living. Maybe the LW writes as a hobby and has a great imagination. That coupled with a boring job and I can easily see something like this happening. I just don't think it's a big deal.
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Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?
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Haha um, I'm pretty sure for many sales people it's standard practice. It's called catering to your audience. Doesn't make it right, but it is what it is. Certainly has nothing to do with "mental illness"
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Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?
Haha um, I'm pretty sure for many sales people it's standard practice. It's called catering to your audience. Doesn't make it right, but it is what it is. Certainly has nothing to do with "mental illness"
Uh.... no.
Lying is never ok.
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I think it's really odd that people are jumping to mental illness. Ever heard of a writer? They make up stories for a living. Maybe the LW writes as a hobby and has a great imagination. That coupled with a boring job and I can easily see something like this happening. I just don't think it's a big deal.
I think it is a big deal to lie to your clients on the job. That can hurt the credibility of a business. She doesn't have the right to run her own agenda at work.
Haha um, I'm pretty sure for many sales people it's standard practice. It's called catering to your audience. Doesn't make it right, but it is what it is. Certainly has nothing to do with "mental illness"
Uh.... no.
Lying is never ok.
I believe I specified that it's not okay, I was making the point that it's not uncommon when trying to make a sale
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Was it a bad day?
Or was it a bad five minutes that you milked all day?
I don't see anywhere that this is a sales job. And, I personally won't deal with lying salesman. I just bought 2 cars recently and I think they were very straightforward. We negotiated a price and that was it. But, then again, i don't ask sales people to read the future of how long will my car last or anything like that so maybe they would lie about things that they really have no idea about.
I'm sure the LW meant no harm making up stories about her pets but is finding it to be more of a problem then she thought it would. I would advise her to stop making up stories and start being truthful.
Haha um, I'm pretty sure for many sales people it's standard practice. It's called catering to your audience. Doesn't make it right, but it is what it is. Certainly has nothing to do with "mental illness"
Uh.... no.
Lying is never ok.
I believe I specified that it's not okay, I was making the point that it's not uncommon when trying to make a sale
No. It really isnt.
A reputable, experienced, salesman would never lie.
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Haha um, I'm pretty sure for many sales people it's standard practice. It's called catering to your audience. Doesn't make it right, but it is what it is. Certainly has nothing to do with "mental illness"
Actually pathological lying is a symptom of several very serious mental disorders...histrionic personality disorder, psychopoathy, anti social disorders, Narcissistic personality disorders...
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
Omg really? So she makes up stories about her pets for fun and now she's a pathological liar and/ or all kinds of other things?
That's really stretching it. It's not like she's confessing to unraveling all of her relationships and losing her job and alienating her family due to her raging lying problem. She makes up stories about animals. Talk about overreacting.
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Was it a bad day?
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I'll admit what she does is weird, but I hardly think it warrants such serious labels.
Even though there are pathological liars the fact that she is questioning if this is wrong says to me she is feeling quilty and what she is doing is wrong. A pathological liar wouldn't even question it.
I'll admit what she does is weird, but I hardly think it warrants such serious labels.
Even though there are pathological liars the fact that she is questioning if this is wrong says to me she is feeling quilty and what she is doing is wrong. A pathological liar wouldn't even question it.
Ok just read mms post but I still think the LW may realize she is wrong so she might stop.
