I had not thought about it. I asked a question. I was told an answer. As far as the person I spoke to, I believed them, and did not question it until later...and only when it was pointed out to me.
Now that you mention it, it does seem slightly implausible. I just don't know for sure. Here's my thinking in the order it was received:
It is possible the person I talked to was mislead as well...or
This may be another example of my gullibility and tendency to see the best in people while ignoring their faults...or
It's one of my cognitive biases...or
It could be that I try to judge people by their motivations, rather than their actions. When I can't determine motive, the emotional response registers more towards neutral, interfering with my lie-detection heuristic, which normally incorporates anger as a mitigating factor to veracity.
More simply put, if I'm lied to, and it triggers an emotion other than anger, I'm extremely unlikely to notice the lie. I had not thought about this in such detail until brought me to task. Thank you very much! I will work to correct this.
It appears I had a flaw. Gosh, good thing it was only the one:)
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, patricia swenson <jackessiebabe@...> wrote: Frank, I enjoy your intelligent, low key, non-argumentative and very humorous writing style. I admire the fact that you have not lost your cool, even when you may have believed that you were being "picked on", by other posters, in a vituperative manner.
But, please tell us whether YOU really believe the current Palm's suits did NOT know exactly which machines they were removing. Even if the new management team was so incompetent that they didn't have a clue about VP pay tables, do you have any doubt that at least of one the long time Palm's slot employees would not have advised them of exactly what they were doing?
I am interested in your comments.
~Babe