People tell you what you want to hear, because it's rude otherwise. You get all kinds of wrong directions too, because people want to be seen as helpful even if

People tell you what you want to hear, because it's rude otherwise. You get all kinds of wrong directions too, because people want to be seen as helpful even if they don't know. When people tell you something will be done on $day, it is sure as sunrise that it absolutely will not be done that day, and probably not that week, and maybe not that month. People make do, and don't stress too much -- pura vida!