I drove (about 3 1/2 hours) down to Monterey California yesterday to hang out and eat at some of the places I used to enjoy when I was attending the Defense Language Institute there. It was a great trip, I went for a hike/run at one of my favorite parks, Garrapata State park. Then took a swim in HUGE waves at Carmel Beach. Then, after lunch and hanging out on the coast I stopped for gas. While I was filling up my tank I overheard the conversation that started me thinking about this topic. I heard a woman walking along, talking to a Chinese man. He asked a question about what the different prices were on the gas sign. To which the woman responded that the lowest price was "unleaded" and the higher prices were more leaded. The highest price has the "most lead."
Now, first I want to say, there's NOTHING WRONG with not knowing everything. No one knows everything! What I'm worried about, is why she didn't just answer honestly with "I don't know." Why do we, in general, fear that tiny little phrase!? There's nothing wrong with that woman not knowing what the difference is between the different octanes. Where she went wrong is where she made something up an told someone who honestly didn't know something that's not even close to the actual fact, apparently just to save face from having to say "I don't know."
Now, first I want to say, there's NOTHING WRONG with not knowing everything. No one knows everything! What I'm worried about, is why she didn't just answer honestly with "I don't know." Why do we, in general, fear that tiny little phrase!? There's nothing wrong with that woman not knowing what the difference is between the different octanes. Where she went wrong is where she made something up an told someone who honestly didn't know something that's not even close to the actual fact, apparently just to save face from having to say "I don't know."
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| I love this town, hope to move back there some day |
