I’m sure you have all heard the phrase, “Honesty is the best policy.” I agree…wholeheartedly. However I question its use in society today.

One of my main reasons for opening this section of internet real estate was to express some feelings of mine and of others. I want to “put it all out there.” I’m going to start my first post off with honesty.

Again it is the best policy, but why don’t people use it? Perhaps you fear you will insult the person or you will offend them? Why should anyone care as long as you are being honest?

I’ll admit for me it was fear of offending and insulting them. I am a nice person, but I like to be honest. The way society is, at least in the United States, you better be darn careful of what you say, where you say it, how you say it to and to whom you are saying it. People have a way of getting their britches all tangled up quick, fast and in a hurry. Why is it the best policy when it can potentially do a lot of emotional damage?

Now that I have rambled a bit off to where I was originally going, I’ll give some examples.

Let’s say…just for example you are a cashier and someone walks up to you with a gift card marked at $50. They ask you, “Excuse me, how much is this gift card.” More than likely the person is not going to say, “Are you flipping kiddin’ me, it says $50 right on it.” No…no they probably would not say that, however you cannot tell me they aren’t thinking that. They weren’t honest with their feelings, but it was probably a nicer thing to just tell them, “$50.”

Okay, it’s a great Saturday afternoon, and you have taken your car to the local cruise-in/car show. There are many fine works of art on display. There is one guy with a car that has so much chrome on it that it could use it as a mirror and dress yourself with it. The guy asks, “Hey man, what do you think of my car.” You can tell it’s this guy’s pride and joy, and you are obviously thinking, “Holy crap, what did he do to that Mustang?” What you say is, “Hey man, that’s cool, not my taste but that’s cool.” Okay, that’s what I would have said. Now this is being a bit more honest, you don’t necessarily like this persons car, but you respect their time and effort and just say it’s not for you.

Obviously it is going to come down to the situation that you are in, but being honest could really screw you over if you do not handle it right.

So I ask my follower, if there is even just one of you, what do you think? Do you think that honesty is indeed the best policy? Should you exercise the saying to the “T” or do you? Tell me about your experiences and thoughts about this “best policy.”

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On another note, this site just went live and I added a template I found off the web, maybe if things go well someone can help me fab up a different more custom one.

Also proof reading/grammar/spelling/writing is not my fortè, so you will have to bear with me on that.

-DH