Breaking the Rules

I was sitting in the library, peacefully doing a German past paper and a woman comes up to me. I was told to see the Head. About chewing gum. Now the rumour was he wanted the first person caught to be publicly apologizing in assembly. Not something I was about to do.

I went along. The Head was late. I made conversation with the secretary, really lovely - really hot. He came along and I went into his office. I was very friendly, very polite: real school ambassador. He asked me to explain this gum thing. So I lied.

"I've started taking iron tablets recently" (true)
"They mess with my stomach" (true)
"They give me bad breath" (not true)
"And it's been lowering my self-confidence" (blatant lie)
"So I've been chewing gum, which I know was against the rules, so I'm sorry" (sort of true)
"But since being asked to stop, I have" (questionable)
"And I have switched to mints." (on this day, because the shop had no gum)

He was a little taken aback by my explanation. He did his piece about being a role model, mentioned kicking out students he couldn't trust. I ignored the last point and complimented the school. We got chatting. After a while, I get up to leave, shake his hand and tell him to have a good lunch. He stops me and says:

"If you need to, suck extra strong mints - but please don't chew gum in school."

Mints count as food and are therefore not allowed in school. So through lying and flattering I got out of trouble, with no disciplinary action and a brand new rule just for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not chewing anymore (except in exams because it helps me concentrate), but it is nice to know that my manipulation skills work everywhere.