One of the writing exercises for English learning magazines (01) Title: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Straightforward In my opinion, straightforward is a good way to deal with people, for example, you can easily refuse invitations that you are not interested in, or you can reject any salesperson without wasting any time. I was a extremely straightforward person when I was young. One day, one of my friend baked some cookies and let me tried it, I didn't know the cookies were baked by my friend, I tried one then said "Tasteless". The friend was hurt and upset by my words. I realized that my direct replied may hurt my friends or family. I should try to be more careful about being so straightforward.