Honest is a world away

Its true !!! It just doesn´t exist in this country. People make an special effort to tell lies, about everything from trivial to big ones. Its as if the listener has no intelligence and can´t see what the hell is going on,and if you happen to be a foreigner its even worse ,they treat you like an idiot.I have traveled a lot round the world and have seen many countries and nations doing the same thing but they all belonged to the under developed or very backwarded countries . They all tend to take advantage of you as soon as they notice you are not one of them,or don´t speak the language or not very fluent. They just bullshit you until you´re sick of it , and thats about everything speacially when it comes to money and material things.Spain is no exception although there are exceptions!!!! But generally speaking they just lie through their teeth to dump you something.
My wife teaches English, if a student does not want to turn up ,the number and type of excuses are astonishing, that is if they have the courtesy to call, but they are always the same ,someone is dead is the most popular.