Why would one feel guilty about it? This is a utility-maximizing lie. You're saving both yourself and the other person time. Unless you subscribe to some belie

Why would one feel guilty about it? This is a utility-maximizing lie. You're saving both yourself and the other person time. Unless you subscribe to some belief-system that holds truth-telling to be some sort of moral good in and of itself, everyone is better off. And that's aside from the fact that the patter you'll hear trying to keep you paying is going to be full of, at the very least, deceptive statements lacking any objective truth or falsity.