lying lies and the lying liars that lie them

I've said this before, but it bears repeating. I hate a liar. If you can only lie to me then just keep your dumb mouth shut. It serves no one any good purpose for a person to stand there and just repeat one falsehood after another. And a lie of omission? Just as bad. My Dad used to say, if you'll lie, you will cheat. If you'll cheat you will steal. If you'll steal you will kill. Not too hard to make the leap, is it? I've been having a conversation with a district manager for Walmart. At least, I've been having a conversation by proxy, as I've only managed to speak with his assistant. This seems to be a dedicated person, with a fair amount of intelligence. Unfortunately, she doesn't listen.And when she does listen, she doesn't comprehend. It is very frustrating, and a touch surreal to actually have had this conversation: "May I please speak with Mr. *****?" What is this regarding?" "Mr. **** said that if I ever had a problem with the company that I should speak to him about it." Are you certain that is what he said? "I wrote it down to be sure. I have a problem with the company and I need for him to help me." What is the nature of your problem? "Are you Mr. *****?" Icy tones follow:To be certain, I am not. But I need to know what the problem is before I can tell you if Mr.**** can help you. "He already told me that he can help me, I just need to talk to him about my problem now." Every day someone tries to talk to him about problems that he cannot do anything about. If I don't know what your problem is, than I can't tell you if he can help you or not." I have already had a conversation with him. He is aware of my problem. He knows what it is, and he knows what he can do to help me.All I need from you is to push the button and let me speak with him." I'm sorry, that is not possible. Good day. And then the call was disconnected. Crazy, huh? So I guess the thing to be gleened from this is that if you want to deal with honest, above board people, don't count on Walmart. You'll thank me later.