Anatomy of a Liar
When I was in the third grade there was an incident that occured during PE. My whole class was playing a game of dodgeball which had gotten extremely competitive. There was lots of arguing and shouting over rules and plays and such. My teacher mediated well but at one point had to go speak with another member of the faculty. At this point an argument broke out once more. She came back to settle the matter but she had not seen what had happened and everyone was getting very angry. Then one of the kids, oneI didn't even get on with that well said, "ask Jesse, he's always honest!" Everybody on both teams agreed. So I gave my opinion- that the other team had indeed scored a point on us, and everyone in the class accepted this! Such was my reputation for honesty.
So it was a great shock to me when my step mother Beth began calling me a liar everytime I turned around. The next thing I knew, although I maintained my reputation at school, my family believed I was the world's biggest liar and treated me accordingly. Beth is a HUGE liar. I began to study how she did, how she manipulated others. It was much more devious than simply telling falsehoods. It was politics at its finest. When she wanted something she would wage a campaign of misinformation to sway public opinion. It was downright scary. So I learned how to be an f-ing great liar. I kept my secret for so long, that I was really a girl, simply because I learned to lie properly. I became a liar at the core of my being just to keep myself from harm.
So now its years later and I've finally begun to be honest. In most situations now I'm an honest person- even when maybe I shouldn't be. But I still no how to lie. Today I had a great need to lie- or at least that's how I saw it. Gone is the small child who knew that to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth was of fundamental import in all situations.
I awoke today to the sound of my telephone ringing. It was work asking "where are you?" I was fast asleep. My alarm clock and my cell phone had been going off intermitently for the last FOUR hours and I slept right through them. Now, a few weeks ago I was late because I missed the lightrail. Then a few days later I was late again because my alarm clock malfunctioned (it has since been replaced with a much louder brand new one) And finally, with horribly bad luck, I was late once more but only because the light rail was having technical problems and was running behind schedule. My boss was tolerant, I do have a good reputation there after all) but said "if this happens again we may have to consider corrective action" So I'm on my way to work looking at being one and a half hours late with no good excuse at all and thinking oh sh**! how would I face my boss... and so I reverted to the liar.
I acted sick, it was really a masterful performance. Several people asked me why I'd come in at all just as I walked through the door. Both sales managers suggested I go home after seeing me... My boss saw me come in and looked angry but saw my pathetic state and walked off with nothing more than a good morning! So I staid for a couple of hours making sure everyone had there lunches and that my true time report was done on the computer and then went home pleading illness... so instead of looking like a looser who just overslept. I look like a real trooper who came into work despite hardship just to make sure everything ran smoothly today! Wow, it worked. But though I don't look like a looser, I feel like one...
So it was a great shock to me when my step mother Beth began calling me a liar everytime I turned around. The next thing I knew, although I maintained my reputation at school, my family believed I was the world's biggest liar and treated me accordingly. Beth is a HUGE liar. I began to study how she did, how she manipulated others. It was much more devious than simply telling falsehoods. It was politics at its finest. When she wanted something she would wage a campaign of misinformation to sway public opinion. It was downright scary. So I learned how to be an f-ing great liar. I kept my secret for so long, that I was really a girl, simply because I learned to lie properly. I became a liar at the core of my being just to keep myself from harm.
So now its years later and I've finally begun to be honest. In most situations now I'm an honest person- even when maybe I shouldn't be. But I still no how to lie. Today I had a great need to lie- or at least that's how I saw it. Gone is the small child who knew that to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth was of fundamental import in all situations.
I awoke today to the sound of my telephone ringing. It was work asking "where are you?" I was fast asleep. My alarm clock and my cell phone had been going off intermitently for the last FOUR hours and I slept right through them. Now, a few weeks ago I was late because I missed the lightrail. Then a few days later I was late again because my alarm clock malfunctioned (it has since been replaced with a much louder brand new one) And finally, with horribly bad luck, I was late once more but only because the light rail was having technical problems and was running behind schedule. My boss was tolerant, I do have a good reputation there after all) but said "if this happens again we may have to consider corrective action" So I'm on my way to work looking at being one and a half hours late with no good excuse at all and thinking oh sh**! how would I face my boss... and so I reverted to the liar.
I acted sick, it was really a masterful performance. Several people asked me why I'd come in at all just as I walked through the door. Both sales managers suggested I go home after seeing me... My boss saw me come in and looked angry but saw my pathetic state and walked off with nothing more than a good morning! So I staid for a couple of hours making sure everyone had there lunches and that my true time report was done on the computer and then went home pleading illness... so instead of looking like a looser who just overslept. I look like a real trooper who came into work despite hardship just to make sure everything ran smoothly today! Wow, it worked. But though I don't look like a looser, I feel like one...