Deference gets you friends, honesty gets you hated.
~ Terence
- - - - -~ Terence
When I asked for a book, she said that wasn't the book I needed. I insisted that it was and that I knew best what kind of book I needed. She frowned and shook her head. She said that she knew what book I needed. I insisted, but she just gave me the book she wanted me to have.
Then I realized I wasn't working with a deference librarian.