Lies or disappointments?

Now this came across my mind the other day

as i thought thoroughly about this subject 

lets ask you all this question 

Would you like to be lied to ?

Or would you .... 

Prefer to face disappointments 

quite tough? No? Perhaps?

Might be challenging to ask, however some might also have a clear answer

some would prefer living a lie than to face a disappointment

some may have it the other way around, they prefer to face the disappointments

rather than face lies.

Lets do some definitions 

Disappointments 

The feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by fulfillment of expectations

Lies

Intentionally providing false statements

let put these terms both in a story 

a Superior gave his two subordinates a task to finish upon an agreed time

Subordinate (A) the lair

Subordinate (B) the disappointment

through out the process of delivering the task 

these two common replies whenever the boss asks them

Subordinate (A) -  "Yes all is well and i am in the right track"

 Subordinate (B) - "Well ... there are a few things missing that i must do"

and as this continued until the due date

when this happened

Subordinate (A) - "The objectives haven't been met yet the task has been accomplished"

Subordinate (B) - "The project is almost complete however some time is needed to really finish it up"

i guess you can clearly see what i am talking about

and no it is not a management lesson

the liar will find a way to always give an excuse 

and the disappointment will tell the truth (maybe not all the time- but that is another point)

Yes they both may have not done the task given to them

within the allotted time 

but each had their reply towards the task 

whether it was a lie or a truth 

so we still ask the question

Would you prefer to have a lie 

or a disappointment ?

If the disappointment (was the truth)

and was the one that came in first

i can safely say (according to what i think) 

is better 

than to live in that "Lie" 

 where i would have gone through a certain expectation that 

i would be believing that lie that it will happen

then the disappointment was to hit at a later stage

and it will hit even harder as a result 

(but what if the disappointment was a lie?)

that is another story to consider 

which is double the amount of it all 

best solution "never expect anything from anyone" 

or that is not always the best solution is it?

MORAL 

- sometimes its best to be disappointed rather to be lead on and lied to 

- sometimes its not always the better alternative to have when someone disappoints you

and lies in the same time !

at least that is what i think

But what do you all think?

Do share your thoughts