Clear and total honesty is not the best policy in my opinion. I go to journalism school so they preach 100% transparency and ethics but I like life with a little extra fluff and sparkle.
When someone in a store holds up a hideous sweater and asks me "Would this be good on me?"
Don't count on me to say "No."
I'm far too creative for that. I'll go with, "I'm not sure it's your style." Or "Maybe in another color." Or "It's unique and different."
I also don't want to let you down or make you sad. If I have to let you down, I'd rather do it gently.
A lot of people would rather just take life straight. But I like mixed drinks and advil with the red sugar-coating (not to be combined).
And, there are moments when sugar is not appropriate. Like on the Bachelorette when Ashley rejects Ben's proposal, dumping him in front of the American populus, he asks her not to sugarcoat it, saying "Good things don't end unless they end badly." He was right. So, whether you're rejected for a marriage proposal or for a college application, there is no good calamine lotion to ease the sting.
Still, I think Mary Poppins got it. "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down."
I'm going to the dentist today though, and he'll probably disagree. Sugar-coating only causes cavaties. Except, I eat a lot of candy and I've never had one, so I'm not totally convinced.
But, I'm a bit torn on this one now that I've thoroughly contemplated it. Still, I do plan to make a career on sugar-coating consumers to hide corporate realities through advertising.
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