Many years ago, at the age of nineteen, I was forced to take a polygraph if I wanted to keep my job. Someone was stealing products from the store, we heard out the back door, and they required everyone to be tested.

Naturally, my co-workers and I discussed this among ourselves and we all agreed to test, we knew we were innocent. One of the men said all they're trying to do is see if anyone cracks under the pressure of the test. Being kind of a nervous type of person, I was concerned they might misread my domineer. I talked to my sister and she told me to try my best to control my breathing during the test.

For me the problem wasn't that I was guilty, it was they would think I was guilty. We all passed the test and went back to work, later it was revealed the thief was someone on another shift. Or were they just nervous?