You're more likely to lie to a future:?

Question

A) Employer
B) Roommate
C) Significant other
D) Loan officer
E) Mother-in-law

Please elaborate - Thank you!!

Answer 1

I figure an Employer, a Loan Officer, a Significant Other, or a Mother-In-Law would either catch me in the act, or figure it out later.....so i guess that leaves B) - a Roommate.

("No, i did *not* drink form the milk carton!")

("You pay for this pizza, and i'll pay for the next one.")

("Yes, i really *do* want to hear all the details of your wretched love life. Please go on!")

(Yes, of course i left the toilet seat down. It must have fallen up on its own.")


(Soooo.....am i good roommate material?)

Answer 2

Employer, most of the time when you have an interview and they ask you some question like "What was the most difficult thing you had to deal with?" you are gonna make something up that sounds really good

Answer 3

A)Employer, for sure
They deserve it though, they always ask stupid questions like-"where do you see yourself in 5 years?" when what they mean is, please tell me you want to manage people 5 years from now. So even though I would rather be roasted alive than work in middle management I say, I see myself in a management position, or working towards it. But they meant the word please, so I think I'm really just doing them a favor.

Answer 4

Loan Officer. I would "adjust" my income to get the kind of loan I want.

Answer 5

It's interesting about me and telling the truth... Once upon a time, when I was a kid, I used to lie egregiously, only to my parents, and about basically only two things: whether I practiced my violin, and whether I got to school on time.

Then, maybe a few weeks after I decided I was going to worship God, I got put to the test. The thought came to my mind: What can they do to me that would make it worthwhile to keep lying? And the answer was... nothing.

Not even ten minutes later, my stepmother calls to check in, and asks.... you got it: Did you get to school on time? The words were out of my mouth before I even had time to think about it: Yes, I did. So she presses me: Are you sure about that? By this time I'd had enough time to think, so I admitted: No, Mom, I'm sorry, I'm not.

That was the last time I ever told an out-and-out lie to anyone - about 27 years ago. Occasionally I have, for example, signed contracts stating that I only worked for two weeks at a time in order to avoid paying Polish social security tax (I think I'd probably do things differently if I had to do it over again - e.g. really only working for two weeks at a time), or signed a bill saying that I got paid in October when I was really paid in November (that was a surprise my customer sprang on me at the last minute, he had needed expenses for October and had already reported all this to the Treasury Office, so I told him I'd do it this time, but that it should not happen again. Period(*). And it didn't. Period).

Then there was the time at the beginning of sophomore year when that Nigerian guy tried to proposition me in the commissary downstairs in our dorm, and I wasn't interested. So he accused me of being racist, and I knew basically nothing I could say would make him believe that it had nothing to do with the color of his skin...

So what did I do? I told him I was taken. Which was true - almost. The absolute truth of the matter was that I was in a weird triangle where two guys liked me and I liked both of them. The three of us used to spend Friday nights riding the elevator in our dorm up and down at random, sitting on the floor and talking. If I wanted to be 'officially taken', all I had to do was choose one of them and ask him to 'be mine', and it would be a done deal in a matter of five minutes max.

Was I lying then? Only God knows for sure. And that was 23 years ago...

My policy at this point is to make very sure that everything I say is at least factually true. The question is merely how much I will or won't tell. Now:

Employer - doesn't apply to me because I'm self-employed and God willing will remain so for the rest of my life.

Roommate - not likely to have one of those either, but if I do, they will presumably have to live under the same roof with me, so the truth will come out eventually anyway; it is therefore much better for all concerned to tell the truth in advance, anything that could affect our relationship, and perhaps not move in together after all...

Loan officer - it would not even cross my mind to lie to a loan officer. I'm the kind who pays my taxes - even if it's years late because I didn't know they were due, so that I have to pay gigantic penalties - and even if no one would ever catch me if I didn't.

Mother-in-law - my 'special person's' mom in some ways probably knows more of 'the dirt' about me even than he does. For example, the first time I visited them, she (Super Mega Homemaker No. 1) apologized profusely, effusively, abjectly and everything else under the sun for the mess - to which I replied, 'Ma'am, if I wanted to keep my place in such a "mess" as you keep yours, I'd need at least three servants!'

No doubt she thought I was joking, but I wasn't... And no, he still doesn't know how I keep house because we spend our 'alone together' time in only one place: the choir loft of our church (you know, in that balcony in the back, where the organist sits and plays during the service?). But don't worry, I'll make sure he knows all that and more before we ever get engaged... After all, if we get hitched he's stuck with me for the rest of his life! And I want him to have a good, happy life. It's got nothing to do with being superhuman :>

Answer 6

Mother-in-law...there is no reason to tell them the truth. Best wishes

Answer 7

All the above!

In each of these situations you would need to be superhuman to tell the truth

Answer 8

Why lie to any of them?
Just tell them all f*ck you.
Why mince words when all ya have to do is show them that you fail to give a f*ck.

Answer 9

employer, i will probably show alot of spirit and happiness in my job interview and pretend i am interested in the interviewer's life.

Answer 10

e i would like to make a first empression while being nice so i would lye