The pen is truly mightier than the sword.
February 24th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
People lie all the time. This is the way of the new world. Whatever the cause, reason, excuse for this behaviour it is absolutely rampant in society. I don’t know if this is something that is a part of who we are, or people’s lack of willingness to stand up and be truthful, born out of the reasoning that it wouldn’t change anything but it certainly seems to have resigned itself to statements like “that’s just the way it is.” In my daily dealings with the bureaucraziness of this world and the subsequent daily lies I found that when I ask people to put exactly what they have just told me over the phone in writing, the story amazingly changes. Is it because we are visual creatures and unless we don’t see it in black and white we don’t take stock of our actions? and hence the implications? Similarly this applies to face to face conversations. But back to getting things in writing and I can’t stress this enough, and this goes for absolutely everything that you do! no matter who you are dealing with, big or small, get it in writing and ask them to sign it! This changes everything.
