Five most common lies in business....

[Woolly Bugger]

Paul LaFontaine left Bertelsmann Music Group in March 1997 to advise other businesspeople about radical honesty. He has lots of work to do. "There are as many lies in business as there are people in business," he says. Here are his nominees for the five most common lies:


http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/10/5lies.html

[troutjedi]

I wonder where "The customer is always right" fell in that group.  That's a load of horse***t  :)

[troutphisher]

Another great lie, due to increased OM cost's we are withholding merit increases until further notice.

[cmiller51h]

The check's in the mail!

[charlotte_boy]

Due to a system problem ... yada yada yada

[Gofisher]

I hate the standard, "We didn't get your fax." It means they're to lazy to look for it, or they lost it!