Being one to keep to himself, I always make it a point to mind my own affairs. What people do with their time is none of my concerns. However, there times when someone causes a stir with a careless whisper and before you know it, people start believing in it before you know it all chaos breaks loose. As it starts to spread, relationships and reputations are broken and what's worse is when it turns out to be false, the damage is already done. When it comes to rumors and the damage caused by them, I remember the song "Rumors" by Timex Social Club.
It's incredible how curiosity and assumption can take on a life of its own. A lot of times it's started by people who don't really know what happen. Still, add a little drama to the speculation and pretty soon everybody's talking about it. I pity whoever becomes the target of such rumors because it follows them wherever they go and it affects them personal as well as their work life. Sometimes it gets to the point where the damage is too great that it'll take time before they can recover from jerk's careless remark.
People who start such a ruckus are jerks in my eye. As for those who hear such rumors, my advice to you is try to find the truth before you start believing. Rumors are often started just to hurt people and if these people are good, then they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We got better things to do than listen to rantings of fools. As for those rumor mongers, go get a life man!
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