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| Tattletale | 60% | 578 votes | Total: 965 votes | |
| Gossip | 40% | 387 votes |
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by Jen Harley
I had a job years ago where I worked with both the gossip and the tattletale. The tattletale was the most harmful to the office with the constant running to the boss with vario...read more
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by Ann Chin
Both kinds of co-workers are annoying. A gossip is like a person spraying verbal graffiti. He or she tags personal information about other co-workers. But generally everyone wil...read more
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Ah, yes. The tattletale. Far more insidious and evil than a mere gossip, the tattletale is currently enjoying a political and social climate ideally suited to his or her natur...read more
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by Kathy H
Although none of us prefers to work with either of these menaces to society, they seem to be a part of almost every employment situation. Both of them should be spending more ef...read more
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In the fight for the title of the most annoying co-worker, I believe that the tattletale and the gossip are both strong contenders. Whatever the job at hand may be, either one o...read more
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Let's face it - gossip damages your reputation and your feelings, depending on the subject being gossiped about. A tattler can cost you your job. Gossip is generally nothing m...read more
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by Tom Karlin
There is no question that the tattletale' is not only the most annoying co-worker in the workplace but would get my vote for the most dangerous as well. A tattletale associate i...read more
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The tattletale in our office was my assistant. Tough spot to be in. And then when we got a new boss in town, he liked her and took her. Oh, not completely, that would hav...read more
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by sunseed
I have worked with both tattletales and gossips and without a doubt the tattletales are more annoying and destructive. Gossipers quite often are just trying to strike up convers...read more
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Gossip can be entertaining. It's not a good thing to be caught doing, especially in the office, but generally those whispers and murmurings are discretely passed from one perso...read more
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by Emma
"I have a problem," my supervisor said to me just as I was about to take a late lunch. "What's that?" I asked, stopping in my tracks toward the door. "You had your boyfrie...read more
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by TJ Henderson
From an employers point of view, tattletales are much more annoying in addition to adding to the normal stress of the workplace environment. Their apparent self proclaimed impo...read more
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Snitches, stool pigeons, rats, informants, hall monitors, suck-ups, butt kissers, tattletales, and slimy little swine that find pleasure in exposing the misfortunate truths that...read more
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by Kohana Tani
I have dealt with both types of annoying co-workers, but I would have to say that the tattletale is the most annoying type of the two. Why you ask? Because tattletales will repo...read more
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The tattletale without a doubt is the most annoying and troublesome employee in the work field, her eyes move in like a focus lens focusing in on everyone spying and reporting t...read more
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by Ian Cross
I work with a 40 year old lady who makes herself look good by making everyone else look bad. She does this not by spreading rumors that may, or may not be true, but by info...read more
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The more annoying co-worker: The tattletale or the gossip. The workplace tattletale is certainly more annoying than the gossip when it pertains to co-workers. Tattletales...read more
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by Miss Boo
"Heya boss, I just wanted to let you know that Kristina was 15 minutes late today. This is the third time this week. You won't see it on her time card though, because John has...read more
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by A. Joerger
Here is something that one would have to choose between and neither was is something I think anyone would like to choose. I do feel that it is hard to deal with either of the t...read more
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by Petriesan
While both waste inordinate amounts of time, the tattletale is more pernicious. Gossiping does have its drawbacks, but generally, the topic of the noise is fairly innocent. ...read more
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by Andi Bryant
When one is trying to quantify which is the more annoying coworker; the tattler or the gossiper, one first has to determine which can be more damaging. In the grand scheme ...read more
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Ah, workplace dynamics. Can't live with them, can't do your job without them. Unfortunately, any time a group of people spends significant time together, there are going to be t...read more
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by Lana Evans
If we're dividing the tattletale from the gossip entirely, assuming that neither has any of the others traits, then it is the pure gossip who is most hurtful and damaging. Tattl...read more
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A gossip is by far more annoying, and truly more dangerous, than a tattletale. The gossip needs only life experience to fuel his or her power to annoy. The tattletale must ha...read more
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While I would say that both are extremely annoying, gossip in the workplace shows a great deal of ignorance. It also tends to show that either you are not doing your work, or y...read more
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To be honest, both types of people are annoying for different reasons. The reasons they are annoying are reasons that make both types of people the types you don't want to work ...read more
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by Susan Roark
I believe that the gossip and tattletale are both annoying people and I would never wish them on anyone. I have had first-hand experience working with both, and the experiences ...read more
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The most annoying character in the work environment is the person that is so insecure with themselves that they do everything they can to disperse unpleasant information about t...read more
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Both, or either of these character flaws in a co-worker means that you are dealing with someone that is out for themselves. The tattletale wants to prove to their supervisor ...read more
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by lori W.
I could care less about the tattletale, I do my best to do my best at all times. It is the gossip that really gets me going. Gossip in and of itself is one of the more destruc...read more
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I'm all honesty not really annoyed by a tatteltale as much. There might be relevance to telling the hire ups if someone is not doing things right. All though I will admit that s...read more
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Gossips spend their time wanting to be in other people's business and seek out their "prey" every time they come to work. They think that it's their life's mission to destroy...read more
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by Pj Farrell
In my opinion one is as bad as the other and I know from experience of working with different degrees of both. Tattletales, More annoying than anything else they can cause fr...read more
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The explanation of the word gossip at dictionary.com is as follows: As a noun: a. Idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless go...read more
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My side to speak against is the gossip side. At first, I wasn't sure whose side I was on. I think about my co-workers, and we all get along great. However, I got to thinking ...read more
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When it comes to coping with nosy people at work, you will find that there are plenty of things that you would like to do, however, you will want to think about the things that ...read more
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by Mat Hudson
Telltales' and the gossips are a special bread of annoyance, yet we shouldn't fool ourselves that their genetic structure is different to 'ours'. These debates sometimes stir a...read more
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Without a doubt, the gossip is the most annoying co-worker. If anything, the tattletale will only improve your life. For example, if you do something wrong, the tattletale w...read more
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by Peggy Molloy
I voted "gossip" only to get in the game. In truth, I find the root cause for either/and/both behaviors to be the same. Insecurity, finding power by seeking perceived weaknesse...read more
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In a workplace a "gossip" is the most toxic employee. This obviously bored employee takes great pleasure in discussing things they have overheard, things they have been told in ...read more
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