Lying. We all do it. But nowadays it’s becoming such a common thing that it isn’t seen as a big deal anymore. Many people come to be “natural liars” where without even thinking about it, they just lie while in casual conversation. Whether about something big, like that you aren’t really a woman, or something small, like “I’m on my way”, when you haven’t even left your house yet. However you choose to lie, it all ends up as a domino effect and can snowball into something big.
Let’s create a scenario. Say you meet a new person, Sam, and decide to give them a fake number as a harmless joke. You tell them your name is Kim Smith, and your number is 555-1255, knowing the whole time that it is a fake number. You go home that night not thinking a thing of it and completely erasing this event from your memory. Meanwhile, Sam calls you that night- or, the number he thought was you. 555-1255, let’s say is a sex offender named Joe. Sam asks for Kim Smith, and Joe replies by saying, you have the wrong number.
After hanging up the phone Joe then thinks, hmmmm.... who is this Kim Smith? And proceeds to look you up on facebook, where he finds your phone number, and address. Joe selects you as his new victim. Clearly your little fib, meant as a harmless prank, has turned into something much more than you were expecting.
Yes, of course everyone lies and there are also times where lying is necessary. But no one seems to think twice about lying, and the effects that it may have on both yourself, and others.
After hanging up the phone Joe then thinks, hmmmm.... who is this Kim Smith? And proceeds to look you up on facebook, where he finds your phone number, and address. Joe selects you as his new victim. Clearly your little fib, meant as a harmless prank, has turned into something much more than you were expecting.
Yes, of course everyone lies and there are also times where lying is necessary. But no one seems to think twice about lying, and the effects that it may have on both yourself, and others.
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