Don't you just hate people that gossip and spread rumors? I know I do! It's soooo junior high! Lately I've come to the conclusion that the older you get, the more bored you get, so that's just what you do....meddle in everyone else's business.
For example, my cousin John came down with pneumonia almost two weeks ago. He and my cousin Mark were supposed to play for the St. John Picnic on the 4th of July, but cancelled that gig late last week because John still wasn't feeling up to par. So I'm talking to Suzanne (Mark's wife) at the picnic and an older lady comes over and says, "How's John doing? Is he out of ICU yet?" Um, WTF? Suzanne replied, "He was never IN ICU!" Ugh. I wonder who the heck put him in ICU. You know that someone just wanted to blow this whole thing out of proportion. It worked. When the other band was about to play, they announced that John was fine and he was never in ICU or the hospital.
So who are the gossips? Well, like I said above, a lot of them are older people that have nothing to do with their time except speculate and create lies of their own just because they want to be the first ones getting the "word" out there.
There are a few of my family members (not immediate family) that I'm ashamed to say LOVE to gossip. It's gotten them a BAD reputation around town. Nobody likes them. They all of a sudden aren't getting invited to events anymore. Oh darn. Looks like everyone finally sees through your gossip and lies. Good for them! I hope you've learned your lesson, but you probably haven't. In fact, I'm almost positive that you haven't. You'll keep doing it. I can't believe how bored some people are. Really. Get a freakin life. I know that you think you're these holy rollers, but would God really be proud of what you are doing? I don't think so! So stop it! Find something worthwhile to spend your time on. Talking about other people behind their backs and making up things just to make yourself look good and POPULAR in your little hometown will get you nowhere. Like I said, you'll have more enemies than friends because nobody will trust you anymore. It's sad, but true. :(
Oh, and I didn't feel like doing a "Thursday Thirteen" again today. Sorry folks. I thought I'd carry out this little rant instead. ;)
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Oh, and I didn't feel like doing a "Thursday Thirteen" again today. Sorry folks. I thought I'd carry out this little rant instead. ;)
That's okay. We'll just talk about you behind your back. :)
Actually, sometimes it does seem like a fine line between answering a question and offering more than just an opinion about someone.
Sometimes it's just a heck of a lot easier to say, "Why not ask him yourself?"
The company I recently resigned from was pretty good at this. Rather than ever ask me my thoughts and plans on something, they'd ask around. Some of the stories got pretty outlandish.
Last week I heard that I quit and took several of my chief guys with me to go start another company. Oh, and I've already been given $2M of seed funds for it.
Well, praise the Lord! I'm set. And I didn't even have to have one VC meeting.
I haven't felt like Thursday Thirteening since I moved! I keep forgetting it's Thursday and when I remember I opt not to.
I like gossip when it's about celebs- until it reaches the "ok, I'm sick of them, get them out of my sight" level.
Family gossip is wrong, sad and not nice. Gossiping about friends and relatives is BAD!
LOL Mike! Yeah, you're set!
Going to look now Chelle. Promise. ;)
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