Rumors/ Gossiping
Venita Bowden
Mrs. Wojt
DRE -98-1001
09, September, 2013
“Rumors/Gossiping”
There are many reasons why people feel compelled to gossip, therefore, humiliating and putting others down. Sometimes people do it out of spite, just because they can. Other times people gossip because they feel they will benefit from its end result, such as possibly looking better in front of the boss in a working situation. But the true, deep rooted reason, and psychological studies have proven it, is the feeling of superiority that results from such vicious spreading of information. The person feels superior not only because he/she feels that they have information to offer that the other person does not have, and we all know that knowledge is power, but also by gossiping about someone else, the gossiper feel as if he/she was a much better person than the subject of the gossip. Gossip can have many adverse side effects on a person life. It is sad but these days, and time people think is normal to gossip. Not only do people gossip one on one, but they also purchase books and magazines with trashy celebrity gossip in them, and no one seemed to have a problem with that. Until it is about them, then it becomes a problem. Gossip is the idle talk, or rumors about personal or private affairs of others. We have all at some point been involved in rumors, whether it was at work, around the table at lunch or maybe with friends.
Rumors starts gossip, maybe you haven't been a victim of one, but you may have participated in one. It's difficult not to become involved in gossip at work. To understand what's going on, people talk to one-another, and together they fill in the holes in the story with a little bit of fact and a lot of guesswork. This new story spreads, with bits and pieces added along the way, until you have an out-of-control rumor spreading throughout your company.
Gossiping is very hurtful; a good gossip can leave people ‘deaf to the world around them, as when we’re
Mrs. Wojt
DRE -98-1001
09, September, 2013
“Rumors/Gossiping”
There are many reasons why people feel compelled to gossip, therefore, humiliating and putting others down. Sometimes people do it out of spite, just because they can. Other times people gossip because they feel they will benefit from its end result, such as possibly looking better in front of the boss in a working situation. But the true, deep rooted reason, and psychological studies have proven it, is the feeling of superiority that results from such vicious spreading of information. The person feels superior not only because he/she feels that they have information to offer that the other person does not have, and we all know that knowledge is power, but also by gossiping about someone else, the gossiper feel as if he/she was a much better person than the subject of the gossip. Gossip can have many adverse side effects on a person life. It is sad but these days, and time people think is normal to gossip. Not only do people gossip one on one, but they also purchase books and magazines with trashy celebrity gossip in them, and no one seemed to have a problem with that. Until it is about them, then it becomes a problem. Gossip is the idle talk, or rumors about personal or private affairs of others. We have all at some point been involved in rumors, whether it was at work, around the table at lunch or maybe with friends.
Rumors starts gossip, maybe you haven't been a victim of one, but you may have participated in one. It's difficult not to become involved in gossip at work. To understand what's going on, people talk to one-another, and together they fill in the holes in the story with a little bit of fact and a lot of guesswork. This new story spreads, with bits and pieces added along the way, until you have an out-of-control rumor spreading throughout your company.
Gossiping is very hurtful; a good gossip can leave people ‘deaf to the world around them, as when we’re