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Synopsis
Polite: A display of consideration, tact, deference, or courtesy. Rude: Lacking refinement or delicacy, uncivilized, coarse, and/or vulgar. How to Be Rude Politely elevates the fib to the status of art form, enabling the reader to achieve artful dodger status creatively and effectively while avoiding humiliation. The fib is not malicious like a lie, but rather a trivial untruth, usually unsheathed to avoid hurting someone's feelings. Fibbing effectively helps preserve friendships, reputation, and self-respect. If you ever have been embarrassed when your dog violated a neighbor's lawn, grudgingly displayed enthusiasm over a co-worker's new baby, or suffered the wrathful fallout from a forgotten anniversary or birthday, this book will help you strategize techniques to avoid unpleasant consequences. Not by lying, but by fibbing with aplomb. In other words . . . by being rude . . . politely.