by Verlin Griswold

Created on: June 30, 2007   Last Updated: April 14, 2011

Annoying Co-workers, Who would die first?

I worked for a big company in a small town, I witnessed the harm a gossip can do, so to the question, "Which is the more annoying Co-worker; The tattletale or the gossip"? Let's look at this, the "rumor-monger" has destroyed many reputations and gossipy scandal mongering.

"Deep throats" have irrevocably damaged trust, thus jobs are lost, these are but two of the ways a rampant gossiper who is more than likely to have feelings of inadequacy, hurt and annoy.Gossip is really dangerous, because long after the gossip is proved to be false, often people refuse to believe the truth, "people want to believe the worst" its human nature.

The tattletale however is a very different creature, and a disgruntled tattletale is worse still, for they are motivated by the false expectation that by "ratting" on their co-workers and neighbors They will be more accepted in the job setting, at school or for that matter in life in general.

This is unanimously untrue, although we may pay attention to "snitches" and even act on their revelations; we as their peers never respect them (the Tattletale),
Tattlers spy on their neighbors; gossips report hearsay, which is exceedingly dangerous.  In my opinion, the gossiper is by far the most evil of the two.
A report read, in Prince William County, officials are asking residents to "stool pigeon" on those who live in the county but have their vehicles registered somewhere else society is fostering tattletales. Still it lingers there in the back of your mind, that nagging feeling that tells a rational person that a tattletale cannot be trusted and this does indeed reflect poorly on the tattler.

Gossiping, the root of evil and nastiness in the world is the wrecker of lives, loves, and sanity, traditionally thought to be a "woman's sport", for which they get a lot of criticism, gossiping began when two crow-magnum tribal-girls way back in the stone age got together over a leaf filled with mashed tree-bark gruel. And began to engage indiscreetly in an intimate conversation about the new crow-magnum girl across the cave.This ritual has continued in its many forms to modern day. What I find most tantalizing is that the characteristics of gossip differ between male and female. Men are believed to be more solid discuss "personal items and other people's capacities" while women discuss "behaviors and relationships."

"Malicious gossip" is the most insidious; it permeates the fabric of life and stains our culture with its ability to ruin those it is aimed at.

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