Overall I think this is bad and completely attributed to politeness, and is even weak at that compared to other languages. Many people in the Philippines would

Overall I think this is bad and completely attributed to politeness, and is even weak at that compared to other languages. Many people in the Philippines would lie in response to seemingly important questions just to seem polite. "Do you know where the {important building} is?" "Oh yes, it's just across the way over there!" (it wasn't)