Cheating cheaty cheatsI'm rubbish at cheating. I was asked to help run a stall at a local fair. We sold squares on a treasure map for 10p a go, with the one closest to the "hidden treasure" winning stuff.
I told my sister where it was. I'd not really thought through how obvious this would be. I've kind of avoided cheating since, what have you cheated at? Confess all, it'll make you feel better.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Nov 2005, 10:14)
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The anti-cheatNow, I'm sure there must be some psychological reason for this, but I have an extremely deep, almost pathological dislike of cheating. I am incapable of doing it even if I know I will never be caught, the thought of plagarising someone else's work horrifies me, the idea of them nicking mine is worse, and the entire concept makes me feel nervous and ill. Reading this QOTW has been a tad traumatic.
However I'm more than able to appreciate the effects of cheating in others.
Such as my then-boyfriends friend, who got increasingly red-in-the face and tantrumy-looking at boyfriends continued denials of very blatant cheating in a game of Monopoly. Culminating in his leaping up, dashing the board and all the pieces to the floor, shouting a bit and running away.
Leaving the rest of us in a small auberge in France, in stunned silence, money fluttering around us and gently to the ground, surrounded by some very elderly French chaps who appeared confused by the sight of a 29 year old Englishman acting like a toddler from hell.
P.S any psychologists out there with an explanation for my aversion? I'd love to be able to cheat, lie and steal with abandon like well-adjusted people do...
(, Mon 21 Nov 2005, 14:14, Reply)
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