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uh there's no denying this conviction
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that we need to be diplomatic in our
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lives but in certain situations it is
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better to be truthful. Today I would
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like to discuss one such situation where
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I spoke the truth in front of my friend
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which I was hiding for few days. So the
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scene was around 5 years back when due
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to COVID 19 there was a lockdown in our
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country and my friend Andrew he lost his
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job and he was sitting idle at home. So
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he was in a state of absolute disarray
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because he was going through severe
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financial crunch. He approached me and
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he told me that I should start looking
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for a job for him. I tried a lot and
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finally I managed to find a vacancy in
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my company and uh uh Andrew appeared
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appeared for the interview. He gave his
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best performance. Uh my manager told me
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that the result would be out after 5
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days. So when the result was out, uh
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Andrew was not selected.
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But I didn't have the courage to tell me
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because I felt that he would feel down
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and dejected. So I kept that uh secret
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or you can say the truth with me for few
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days. But at the end I realized that by
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not telling him the truth I was doing
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unjustice to him because he was not
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having a plan B at that time because he
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was under this impression that he would
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get that job and due to that his
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financial situation was getting getting
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worse. So I thought it would be a
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prudent choice to tell him the truth. he
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would feel bad for maybe a few hours or
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few days or he would stop talking to me
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but at the end it would benefit him. So
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uh with putting lot of courage inside
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myself I went to Andrew and I told him
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the truth that uh he was not selected.
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To my surprise, Andrew was okay with
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that because by that time he had applied
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for some more jobs and he got selected
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another company. So, uh it was a good
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day for him. So, it was blessing in
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disguise because on the one hand he was
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he didn't get the company uh the job in
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the company which I was offering but he
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got job in another company. Thank you.
