Class teaching (Office
Dynamics, Paper II – Rumours and Gossips)
“Studies have shown that common office gossips have a true-false ratio
of 80-20. 80% of office gossips have at least a kernel of truth in them. This
also indicates that 20% of all gossips are inherently false.
“Hence it is very important to take special precautions when you gossip.
You need to protect yourself from probable future accusation of spreading lies.
“The thumb rule is to never say
anything with certainty. Always leave it vague and make it sound like you
hate talking about it.
“I am going to teach you a few catch-phrases that will help you to
remain distant and ambiguous while spreading rumours.”
On the board:
I have no time for such gossips. – “To be added at the end to
indicate that you are simply passing on an ongoing gossip and have no real
stake in it.”
I heard people talking. – “To indicated that you are also
at the receiving end and not fabricating any lie.”
I heard him/her/name talking about it. – “To be implemented if you want
to implicate somebody else as a gossipmonger for vindictive proposes.”
I don’t know for sure. – “To be added at the end in order
to indicate you take no responsibility for the authenticity of the information.”
Better to keep it to yourself. – “To indicate you do not support
spreading of any rumour and also to ensure it spreads fast.”
Do you know anything about it? – “To indicate that you are half
informed, confused and also looking for answers like everybody else.”
What? You do not know? – “To indicate that the fact is
already known not only by you but by everybody, thus implicating that your own
part in spreading the gossip is of negligible importance.”
The best thing is just to do your own work. – “To establish your reluctance in
gossiping and excitement in carrying out the tasks you get paid for.”
No comments:
Post a Comment