There’s an important difference between repeatedly making errors, jumping to conclusions, or being attached to a preconceived notion (all of which which I’ve personally done in front of Carl plenty of times), and the sort of behavior described in the OP, which seems more like intentional misrepresentation for the sake of climbing a social status gradient.
There’s an important difference between repeatedly making errors, jumping to conclusions, or being attached to a preconceived notion (all of which which I’ve personally done in front of Carl plenty of times), and the sort of behavior described in the OP, which seems more like intentional misrepresentation for the sake of climbing a social status gradient.