There are actually hundreds of thousands of people employed around the world to gather gossip for magazines and newspapers. There is a whole market out there that is willing to pay a fair price for good gossip or rumour. What if gossiping was totally eliminated? Imagine how many people would lose their jobs?!
People who are good at gossiping are often very creative people. They do not just talk about other people, they actually turn their gossip into a very entertaining story. For such people, gossiping is the only place where they actually are able to employ their creative selves
You can tell a lot about a person by listening to him/her for a short while. If the person talks about someone else, you can be pretty sure he/she will talk about you as soon as you turn around. At least this is one good way to keep track of what to say and to whom
This is the only thing that is universal across all cultures. You can go anywhere and as long as you can gossip effectively and carefully, you will find friends
Well, there you have it. It just makes me want to gossip now!
so true on the tester- listening to someone gossip about somebody else... sometimes you dont even know the 3rd party. A good sign to excuse yourself at the nearest opportunity- anything you say could be held against u in the court of society
ReplyDeleteGossiping has been so dificult to avoid for me in the workplace. Especially when working with coleauges who gossip about EVERYBODY. It was never a nice feeling knowing that they were talking about you when you were away from them.
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