Sunday, March 11, 2012

Honesty is the best policy, or is it?

Couth is considered showing very good manners or great social sophistication…To me that reeks of snobbish dishonesty, to others it says polite, who’s right?
Since I do believe that it also means that lying to prevent hurt feelings is also preferable. To me, it gives me a nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach just thinking that people would be capable of not being honest all of the time, and I do know that it is true. Lying by omission is also very upsetting to me and should be omitted from people’s nature too!
I do know in my heart of hearts that it is important to be civil, but to what end, of dishonesty?

I am not a child anymore, but what happened to the teachings of Pinocchio and Mister Gepetto?
We as children all knew that if we told a lie that our noses would grow, and I am proud to say I still have a fairly little one, nose that is, to this day!
Is that why there is so much plastic surgery these days everyone going in to get rhinoplasty (nose jobs) for those way too long lying noses?
Come on folks, I am not saying you should be outright mean, but telling just the truth when asked would also be considered polite too in my book!

Over my many years on this planet people have lied to me and to me that is as if a knife had been stuck into my heart, figuratively speaking people, but you all knew that, true?
If not I will worry about you!



What brought this on, some might ask, well, to be honest watching the TV show Bones where the murder victim was involved in a seminar called, The Honesty Policy, where everyone there leaves their lies at the door and speak only honestly in the group.
I personally had not recalled seeing this episode before and found it fascinating, since I too believe in being sincerely honest. It did not work in the office/lab situations, that is always being honest, too much time was wasted and feelings hurt, but with the main character. Nicknamed Bones, who is a forensic anthropologist, thus the title, it has been her always persona, being a no baloney type of woman and was how she tackled her job without emotion just pure unadulterated honesty that was accepted by all her co-workers.

Moving on…
But there is more to this thinking all of the time woman than just stealing ideas for a blog from TV subject matter… Today we went out again, why it’s a trifecta in a good way, but with a slight glitch, now you tell me why would I do anything simple, really?

We went to the local annual Seafood Festival in River City AKA Punta Gorda, boat show, crafts, mostly jewelry etc. and Republican candidates accosting fair, teasing. I will get back to that later… Any-who, we arrived early due to my bright idea of being able to find a physically challenged parking spot and sure enough we did! Right up front with easy access, the entrance fee was supposed to be two bucks but no one there was asking, no body stopped anyone coming in and so we got in for free, but we were ready to pay the fee, but as I said no one was there to collect it!
And so we made the rounds checking all the offerings including Hubby looking at the cars and boats, forgot they also had cars there, but as you went to the right outer circle all the candidates, on a local level were there requesting you to sign their forms so the wouldn’t have to pay the seven thousand bucks to be on the ballot!
I cheerfully, as possible said that I would not sign anything without knowing the background of the person, and they mentioned that it was not a vote, but only so they could get on the ballot, yea with my personal info to get them there, hmm? I do not sign anything unless I have a full disclosure, since I was kid and signed something that got me into big trouble!
It was a petition to stop the Viet Nam War, and I thought that the organization was a democratic one, it was Students for a democratic society, but apparently it was a communist one, let’s just say I was seventeen and not that politically savvy and the FBI came to our home and all was cleared up! One lesson learned the hard way!
Scary, all I thought I was doing was signing that petition to stop killing my friends; some were pulled out of high school in those days if their draft number came up! But I was so wrong…
And I do believe that is why till this day I still do not sign ANYTHING without knowing all of the facts, okay?
No long nosey here!

Any way, where was I, oh that’s right we were making the rounds and killing time until lunch so that we could taste some of the tasty items that were offered at not too bad prices, and then my BLUE BEAUTY scooter, started to go slower and slower and it was going from the green zone to the yellow nearly in the red zone!
My battery was giving out and we were a bit of a trek even to our excellent parking spot, so I showed Hubby and we both came to the conclusion that sadly by eleven thirty our day out was not going to happen!
We retreated to the car, but Hubby felt he still wanted to provide a seafood meal we both seemed to desire, actually I think crave would be a better adjective.
And so he offered Red Lobster and so after getting some much needed gas at the most reasonable station @ 3.75 a gallon for regular, Racetrac, we went all the way up the other direction towards our mall where the restaurant borders the outer parking lot!
We both had the baked flounder with crab stuffing, Hubby had his black coffee with sugar and I had my usual unsweet iced tea with extra lemons, and all was right with the world once again! You see, Hubby could not find a handicap space that was open but it was just as well since up front, yes that is right, right in front of the door was one not too far that I was able to use my walker and go in! TA DA!

On that making lemonade out of lemons kind of day again, allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you to kindly share all your blessings and don’t forget those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

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