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Some People Deserve To Be Lied To.

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Please stop being nosey. From minor accidents in the opposite lane of the highway, to murmurs down your block, just mind your business. Why? Because most likely, your half-assed assessment will lead to misinformation or worse if the police get involved. What dividends do being nosey pay anyway? Just think of all the yentas in your workplace and the hearsay they promote. Nosiness rarely improves your condition, and if you’re dealing with me, might even set you back. From wash-women colleagues to bystanders on the street, I always look forward to messing with nosey people. One of America’s greatest thinkers, Jerry Seinfeld, once geniusly said, “People who read supermarket tabloids deserve to be lied to.” Well, I feel the same way about people who can’t mind their fuckin’ business. In law enforcement, police are often tasked with non-enforcement matters. Sometimes we need to return property, or get signatures on documents, or to notify next of kin for an arrested family member, or other n