Overview
Sometimes, you're so direct, you make the old crow (you know, the one who gets from point A to point B as-the-crow-flies) look like he's a zigzagging meanderer. This is often very, very good. Sometimes, though, it shocks people who are used to hearing the truth couched in comfortable little white fibs. Try to take stock of the situation, if you can, before you let loose with your super-direct style. But if they're shocked, they're shocked, and who knows -- maybe it's good for them.