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Old 11-18-2013, 03:13 PM
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The Gig Is Up!
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Old 11-18-2013, 04:59 PM
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I've always considered honesty to be my greatest personal flaw.

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Old 11-18-2013, 06:14 PM
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When I first started as a gov employee I was told I was too honest and I needed to fix that if I expected to advance.
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Old 11-18-2013, 06:48 PM
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When I first started as a gov employee I was told I was too honest and I needed to fix that if I expected to advance.
Lol.
If you were truly TOO honest, you would have told 'em that you didn't give a shit about what they thought.

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I've always considered honesty to be my greatest personal flaw.

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honesty is not all it's cracked up to be alright
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Old 11-18-2013, 07:00 PM
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If you were truly TOO honest, you would have told 'em that you didn't give a shit about what they thought.

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That is exactly what I told them and it got me in a heap of trouble. Seems it was two members of the board if supervisors that wanted me to 'exaggerate' a bit on my reports to the state.
They couldn't fire me without exposing their dishonesty, but they did maneuver me out of that job. I came to work every day for two months with no job to work and insisted they give me work to do. I think they thought I would give up and disappear, but I needed the health insurance and wasn't about to leave when I had done nothing wrong.
I'm still here.... Those two board members are not.
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Old 11-18-2013, 07:25 PM
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That is exactly what I told them and it got me in a heap of trouble. Seems it was two members of the board if supervisors that wanted me to 'exaggerate' a bit on my reports to the state.
They couldn't fire me without exposing their dishonesty, but they did maneuver me out of that job. I came to work every day for two months with no job to work and insisted they give me work to do. I think they thought I would give up and disappear, but I needed the health insurance and wasn't about to leave when I had done nothing wrong.
I'm still here.... Those two board members are not.
By God, you ARE honest to a fault.

We need more people like ya.

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Old 11-18-2013, 07:37 PM
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honesty is not all it's cracked up to be alright
I kinda look at it like a concealed weapon.

It's a great thing to have, just pray that you never really have to use it.

Because you're gonna be sorry, even if you win.

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yes
it is sort of like mutually assured destruction
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Honesty is only an asset if everyone around you reciprocates.
Reminds me of Billy Joel's lyrics
"Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue"

But then I went to school in India, so I may be scarred.
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