So when I fall short of doing something the right way, I make no excuses. It’s simple plain truth, always. And today I was asked “Why? It’s wise sometimes to put a person on, even when they know that it is what you’re doing.”
Isn’t honesty appreciated and doesn’t your word hold more water in times to come than it would have had the person known all along that he was being “put on”? I’m well aware that what I believe in is too idealistic to work concurrently with the realistic world we have been thrown into. And much as wishful thinking would see me basking on a planet far less stressful and a lot happier, I understand the need to cover one’s tracks every now and then. But while diplomacy isn’t a tact I’ve mastered (and do not wish to, thank you very much!), I have conditioned myself to facing the music every now and then in good humour. Then why make up white lies? Doesn’t it sound overrated and futile in the long run?
Examples:
Consumer Behaviour Prof. in class: What are you doing with your laptop?
Me: Working on an assignment
Consumer Behaviour Prof.: Why are you late? Where were you?
Me: In my room. Sleeping.
Communication Theory Prof.: What were you reading during my class? CT related?
Me: No, EBF.
Prof: Why?
Me: We had a pre-read.
Classmate: Why weren’t you there for the assignment yesterday?
Me: I slept off.
So you see, excuses do not spring into my head at the drop of a hat. They can if I wish to make some but I choose to save them for a future date when they’ll really come in handy.
Until then, subconsciously, I build the credibility to bail myself out of troubled waters - to evade that moment of truth - because right now, it seems like the calm before the storm...
Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men" - in one of my all time favourite court room drama scenes.
(P.S: Picture added to break monotony and has no relevance whatsoever to this post!)
