I'm brutally honest, often to my detriment in commercial activities. But as far as BS goes, "I have an urgent thing on Friday so we need to close today" is not

I'm brutally honest, often to my detriment in commercial activities. But as far as BS goes, "I have an urgent thing on Friday so we need to close today" is not too terrible IMO. His urgent thing on Friday might have been getting the fuck out of the country to celebrate the sale in the midst of an economic downturn. Almost legit?