Workplace gossip could be a good thing. Weh, di nga?
From wild rumors to whispers at the coffee machine, gossip is an integral part of corporate life. While this practice often has negative connotations, one study claims that it can
From wild rumors to whispers at the coffee machine, gossip is an integral part of corporate life. While this practice often has negative connotations, one study claims that it can
Dear Emily, I have an officemate known in the office as kind, helpful and generous. Not everybody knows the real story. She’s fond of gossip that has caused
What is gossip? A Webster definition says it is “a casual or unconstrained conversation or report about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed to be true.” The
Some may call it gossip or just loose, isolated observations. But, I’d rather see this as a sign of the times—a sign that, at the very least, the Filipino feels again a sense of shame, or is beginning to retrieve his sense of values.
I forgive, I forgive. Now I can receive. The Holy Scripture emphasizes that we must forgive 70 times seven, which really implies that many people try to forgive but never really do. They will often say, “I will forgive but I will never forget,” which, to me, is just saying they haven’t really forgiven. For it is only when you have ultimately forgotten that you have truly forgiven.
Recently I found myself in a situation fertile for gossip. There he was, my friend’s boyfriend of many years, walking into the restaurant where my husband and I were having dinner, on his arm a prettier and much younger woman than she. We had seen them twice before, only this time, although impossible to not have been noticed, we didn’t deserve so much as a nod of greeting. Together alone but arms unlinked at the previous sightings, they qualified yet for the benefit of the doubt. But this time…
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