What ever happened to lying and cheating?

There's an ad on the radio at the moment for an insurance company or a bank that promises great rates or dividends to whoever takes up their latest offer. At the end of the ad, the voiceover tell us: 'Trust me, you don't want to miss this offer'.

Trust you? A stranger's voice on a radio ad selling insurance? Sure - where do I sign?

Has you noticed that suddenly everybody wants to be trusted? In an attempt to display some kind of authority, we've all started adding 'Trust Me' to the beginning of sentences/ Some recent examples I've heard..

'Trust me - you'll love the new Batman film'
'Trust me - I know what funny is'
'Trust me - you can totally get away with that shirt'

It's not what they're saying that annoys me - if someone wants to recommend a film, that's fine. But this trust thing is getting out of hand.. You're giving me an opinion but don't start thinking that sticking 'Trust Me' at the start of a sentence makes me feel any more or less inclined to believe you. It's come right on the back of everybody's need for full transparency and honesty with all things. There was a time people were happy to take others at face value. Now, most of us can't get through a sentence without reminding us that they're not telling any porkies. And it's not as if they're revealing anything interesting about themselves:

'Well, I was going to go to Batman tonight, but to be honest, I went to Mamma Mia instead'

'To be honest, I'm going to drink vodka tonight'

'I'm just not sure what I want to order, to be honest'

Sometimes people get it right though. Here's something that a colleague said to me the other day: 'I told my husband I'd visit his parents at the weekend but, to be honest, I can't stand his mother's cooking so I'm going to pretend to be sick.'

There you go - that's more like it. There's a scenario with an expected outcome but I was being let in on a lie that others aren't aware of. So there's a need for a bit of honesty there. Well done her.. Although, at the same time, she should be ashamed of herself! I mean how ban can his mother's cooking be?

I dunno really what my point is. Except that I'd like everybody to give up all the pointless trusting and honesty. Cos it's driving me crazy. To be honest.