It was just a white lie. In fact it was more like an omission of the truth than a lie. But yeah it was basically a flat out lie. The reason I had to lie was to cover for someone else’s lie. Workmate didn’t do a thing, said not to tell the boss. I agree. Something goes wrong at work which I have to phone the boss about, have to bend the truth about the thing we didn’t do, then boss decides theyre coming in to help fix it. Game over.
It feels like the worst thing I have ever done, lying. Trying to make someone believe something you know to be false. Destroying the trust they once had for you.
I feel so guilty and so stupid for trying to get away with it. And I’ll admit, I probably wouldn’t have even felt ashamed if I didn’t get caught so I probably deserve whatever punishment is coming my way (having to try and explain myself.) I’m not an habitual liar at all, hence why I was so careless but I hope that this will teach me never to try and abuse someone’s trust again. I just wanted to have a rant to help process this.