Radical Honesty must be for entertainment value, like doing your best imitation of Simon Colwell or chef Gordon Ramsay. It has to be, there's just no other way I can justify using it. I went back and read the article again.
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Consider how I handled this scene at a diner a couple of blocks from my apartment.
"Everything okay?" asked our server, an Asian man with tattoos.
"Yeah, except for the coffee. I always have to order espresso here, because the espresso tastes like regular coffee. The regular coffee here is terrible. Can't you guys make stronger coffee?"
The waiter said no and walked away. My friend looked at me. "I'm embarrassed for you," he said. "And I'm embarrassed to be around you."
"I know. Me, too." I felt like a Hollywood producer who parks in handicapped spots. I ask Blanton what I should have done.
"You should have said, 'This coffee tastes like shit!' " he says, cackling.
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Why add the shock value? Wasn't he honest enough the first time around? Obviously, it's not enough to be honest when it comes to Radical Honesty. You have to leave people with their jaws hanging open from what you've just said. This is supposed to be refreshing? I think not.