While we're on the subject of fairytale type characters, "people out there who are polite to all and sundry who would screw you the second they get a chance" is

While we're on the subject of fairytale type characters, "people out there who are polite to all and sundry who would screw you the second they get a chance" is actually a literary archetype. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Silver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Silver