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I had a boss who was a compulsive liar. She would lie for no reason whatsoever. I did not know about her "problem" for a couple months and she made me cry a couple times by telling me that parents had complained about me (I was a pre-school teacher). I found out later that she had TOTALLY made it up. The parents she told me had complained actually LOVED me..lol
I guess she just wanted to see me cry..IDK
As a side-note, she also had an affair with her best friend's husband. Nice gal, huh?

Sanford Brown is another one that credits are not accepted. Rule of thumb, if someone is selling you something DO YOUR HOMEWORK. A Salesperson is a salesperson.

AMOM the college used choice words like COULD BE and LARGE. Your daughter can be anyone she wants to be. There probably are companies out there that offer what the college said. You may have to work your way up the company ladder to get the job. You have have to relocate to find the job.

I wish your daughter the best in her search. In the job market and in just living we all get lied to someway or somehow. How you deal with it is the key.

She should have done research on the job itself. Find out what WORKING fashion merchandisers are doing. As the REAL employees in the field. It called personal responsibility. You can blame everyone else for your life's dissapointments.

No, it is absolutely not acceptable to lie.

Oooops, that's a lie! At least, these days!

I agree lying is common. But lying goes back to the beginning of human existance. I imagine the first cave man probably told the first cave woman he would stay, then left her for the second cave woman.

But lying is becoming a bigger and bigger issue in a civilized society that is supposed to control and punish the lies, but we now have leadership of both government and big business who lie every day with no recourse and no remorse.

What kind of an example does it set for our kids, for instance, when our own President lies about the economy, about taxes, and about a war?

For example, our fine Republican Missouri legislature just passed a law that, according to their "lie", which came from lobbyists for the auto industry, will protect auto dealers from "frivilous" and "nuisance" law suits.

Of course, the truth is it makes it harder to sue an auto dealer over blatant lying about a car (i.e. State Farm Insurance routinely sells accident-damaged cars on the wholesale market, and now they won't have to tell you!). So it actually protects the AUTO DEALER from legitimate law suits - makes it harder for average Joe to prove he was lied to. And that's yet another lie from our leaders.

Ah, there's a resident far-right-winger, blaming personal responsibility for it again. According to TheShan, the lie is not the issue - it is whether you fell for it or not.

Well, agree with him on this point: Nowadays, with so many liars in so many high places lying about just about eve

Tell your daughter welcome to the real world, hopefully she learned from her mistake.

The Shan......I don't think I asked your opinion! Furthermore, my son didn't even know what school he was going to transfer to. When you talk to your counselor at one school, they will tell you what transfers regardless of where you're going.

People either get tired of being lied to and stop believing, or just stop listening. When my Grandaughter got busted shoplifting, I told her straight out, 'haven't enough people stolen from you that you learned to hate a thief?'
Same goes for lying. I know a lot of people, some of them are liars. You have to live long enough to figure it out, sometimes.

Correction:

USF, you posted in a general forum where comments are enabled. You got a response. Don't like it? Tuff.

Sorry AMOM.

Sik,

I know liberals like you have rejected personal responsibility. It's alwasy someone else's fault, blah, blah, blah. Like Dr. Phil says: How's that working out for you? Not well, I'm guessing. Yes, right wing here and proud of it. They don't call it RIGHT for nothing. Now, run along and blame someone else for something you did.

I hate liars.....!! I don't always volunteer information but I don't intentionally lie to people.......

My biggest pet peeve is when someone lies to me about something that is inconsequential. It almost upsets me more than when it's a big lie. At least then, I know why they're lying.
On the topic of colleges, don't believe the hype. There's no magic piece of paper that's going to net your dream job. A degree is nothing more than a testimonial to your dedication to your desired field. If you go to college, go because you want to learn something, not to chase after a pot of gold. On a personal note, I went for the 4-year degree. It took me many years to catch up to my friends who became plumbers, brick layers, metal workers, etc... Some of them still make more than me. But I like my job and I don't wake up every morning dreading going in.