When I was a University prof, I headed a committee to select new computers for the undergraduate lab. Even though I preferred Macs, at that particular time, PC'

When I was a University prof, I headed a committee to select new computers for the undergraduate lab. Even though I preferred Macs, at that particular time, PC's turned out to be the better choice. This was likely to make some of my colleagues happy, some did not like Macs. One of these colleagues came into my office for a chat and I told him he would be happy because I would be recommending PCs for the lab. I showed him my report. He told me to bump up the quote we had received for the Macs "to make the case even stronger". I had two reactions: 1. Stupid - the case was strong enough and I had no doubt that PCs would win; 2. Lie to my colleagues? Never. Now he was pretty successful at getting grants, although I never thought much of his research. But, more importantly, I never, NEVER, trusted anything he said from then on. To me, honesty is a switch that can never be turned back on.