Compulsive Liars
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:34 pm
koan;471372 wrote: I worked in a car dealership as the night receptionist while saving up for college. During that time, as you can imagine, I heard a lot of lies.
There are different types of liars but the compulsive liars are the most interesting. One of the salesmen, in particular, would practice lying whenever there were no customers around to perform it on. He would wander over to my desk, make himself a coffee (I didn't "do" coffee) and launch into a random spiel. It could be about anything, but usually something that made him look good. He'd finish his story and I'd look him and say "you're so full of ****" He'd start to get offended, then realise he'd been seen through him, and laugh. He'd always come back and try it again later. I never figured out if he thought he'd fool me next time or not but, once in a while, I'd tell him it was "a good one." It seems a good liar needs practice. It only surprised me that he was able to continue enjoying it so much.
I found an interesting article about an online co. that feeds info to consumers for the benefit of making an educated car purchase. They hired a writer to get a job in a car dealership for 3 months and then report his findings. Needless to say I was repulsed by the deception that goes on there.
The upside is you can now make a no haggle purchase in the best case scenario armed with dealer invoice info and knowing what your trade in is worth.
There are different types of liars but the compulsive liars are the most interesting. One of the salesmen, in particular, would practice lying whenever there were no customers around to perform it on. He would wander over to my desk, make himself a coffee (I didn't "do" coffee) and launch into a random spiel. It could be about anything, but usually something that made him look good. He'd finish his story and I'd look him and say "you're so full of ****" He'd start to get offended, then realise he'd been seen through him, and laugh. He'd always come back and try it again later. I never figured out if he thought he'd fool me next time or not but, once in a while, I'd tell him it was "a good one." It seems a good liar needs practice. It only surprised me that he was able to continue enjoying it so much.
I found an interesting article about an online co. that feeds info to consumers for the benefit of making an educated car purchase. They hired a writer to get a job in a car dealership for 3 months and then report his findings. Needless to say I was repulsed by the deception that goes on there.
The upside is you can now make a no haggle purchase in the best case scenario armed with dealer invoice info and knowing what your trade in is worth.