Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Can you keep a secret? So can I.

How do you determine if someone is discreet? Do you go by how well you know them, and take a chance, or to you tell them something, see if if gets floated about and decide by trial and error if they are blabbers or not?

The office I currently work in - like most places, I'm guessing - is a hotbed of gossip. My general modus operandi here is: don't say it if you don't want everyone to hear it at some point. And if you want it to spread quickly, preface what you say with "don't tell anyone, but..."

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