Gun’s Quotes over the
next several weeks will be “Throw-back” Gun’s Quotes. These are Gun’s Quotes
that have been published on Facebook, but never got posted to Blogspot. To
migrate them over, each week for the next several will be posts that were
originally in the Facebook group.
Gun’s Quote-of-the-Week:
“Rumor is of all pests the swiftest.”
-Virgil
In elementary school, people passed notes between each other about who they liked. In middle school, people made fun of whatever clique they weren't in. In high school, the news was who slept with who. In college, it was all about how plastered you were on Friday night, despite the fact that you “couldn't remember a thing,” but “it must have been awesome.” So now, being a gainfully employed member of the real-world, I could get away from all of the retarded gossip off of the grapevine, right?
Who am I kidding?
So this week I find out that one of my clients thinks that my company is trying to cheat them. (This is not the case, although I will be the first to admit that there has been some misunderstandings.) What’s worse is that this client is comprised of people who know me personally... I grew up with them. To add more on top of the pile, I find out about these accusations from a third-party... in other words, I find out via a rumor.
I just don’t understand why people can’t be straightforward with people. What is the great challenge about asking a question, seeking a clarification, or confronting a person or entity directly? What is so hard about keeping your mouth shut when you hear some gory news about somebody that you know? Since when was judging others and presuming someone else’s thoughts/motives/ideas an OK thing to do?
I can’t think of the number of times I have done something - ANYTHIING - only to hear about later from somebody else who heard that whatever it was that I had done had some ulterior motive that must have been meant to attack some person or group. I’ve never wanted to hurt or screw over anybody or anything. Why do people think I would start now?
So please, the next time you have a conversation and that conversation leads to the verbal beat-down of someone else’s character, stop and think for a minute about how likely it is that the rumor is true. After that, figure what business it is of yours to broadcast that rumor to all of your friends/co-workers.
I get to have an awkward conversation this week with my clients because of a rumor. I would have much rather been contacted directly to discuss this matter so that I had an opportunity to fix concerns. I hope that when you have issues with a person or a party, you choose to go the direct route, too.
-Virgil
In elementary school, people passed notes between each other about who they liked. In middle school, people made fun of whatever clique they weren't in. In high school, the news was who slept with who. In college, it was all about how plastered you were on Friday night, despite the fact that you “couldn't remember a thing,” but “it must have been awesome.” So now, being a gainfully employed member of the real-world, I could get away from all of the retarded gossip off of the grapevine, right?
Who am I kidding?
So this week I find out that one of my clients thinks that my company is trying to cheat them. (This is not the case, although I will be the first to admit that there has been some misunderstandings.) What’s worse is that this client is comprised of people who know me personally... I grew up with them. To add more on top of the pile, I find out about these accusations from a third-party... in other words, I find out via a rumor.
I just don’t understand why people can’t be straightforward with people. What is the great challenge about asking a question, seeking a clarification, or confronting a person or entity directly? What is so hard about keeping your mouth shut when you hear some gory news about somebody that you know? Since when was judging others and presuming someone else’s thoughts/motives/ideas an OK thing to do?
I can’t think of the number of times I have done something - ANYTHIING - only to hear about later from somebody else who heard that whatever it was that I had done had some ulterior motive that must have been meant to attack some person or group. I’ve never wanted to hurt or screw over anybody or anything. Why do people think I would start now?
So please, the next time you have a conversation and that conversation leads to the verbal beat-down of someone else’s character, stop and think for a minute about how likely it is that the rumor is true. After that, figure what business it is of yours to broadcast that rumor to all of your friends/co-workers.
I get to have an awkward conversation this week with my clients because of a rumor. I would have much rather been contacted directly to discuss this matter so that I had an opportunity to fix concerns. I hope that when you have issues with a person or a party, you choose to go the direct route, too.
…and that’s why it’s a Gun’s Quote!
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