Note of the Living Deb

I don't think I have the social skills to tell the difference. Normally my philosophy is that if someone insists on being "insanely polite" instead of truthful, and then I ignorantly take them up on it, that's their problem, not mine. (At least in general US culture--obviously I wouldn't act like this in places where their idea of the "Your Mama..." game is to compliment each other or offer each other things to more and more staggering heights.)

But that philosophy is maybe less helpful when the people are offering you things that are important and that require them to have been truthful. Nah--they would just keep being insanely polite on the phone, right?