Hello all!
Person A started working at my workplace last week. Today, 'A' came to me and said that he thinks that person B just sits in front of his computer during office hours and does not do much work.
Now I know person B rather well ( he's been in my company for about 3 years, I have been working here for almost an year), and he is one of the hardest workers I have seen. I was naturally angered for the simple fact that 'A' tries to talk about someone who has been longer with the company than 'A' himself, and how can a person comment about his superiors in the second week itself??
I told our friend 'A' right then that it was none of his business what 'B' did, and that if 'A' had a problem with 'B' he should not come to me about it again.
Now I am kind of perturbed: if this person 'A' can make such a remark about 'B', it is quite probable that he can say something about me to someone else, and so on. In other workds, he is a person who is to be avoided.
However, since I know 'B' I am kind of hurt, too. I would like to tell 'B' about what happened.
But I have a feeling that if I do so, I will myself be gossiping/ bad-mouthing someone else. Not only do I think gossiping is something that can and should be avoided, I am also thinking that others might regard me to be no different that 'A' himself. At the same time, I would like others in my office to know what happened.
What do I do?
-->personally I believe that I should keep quiet and let others find it out for themselves. But then, I am sure there are other ways.
Person A started working at my workplace last week. Today, 'A' came to me and said that he thinks that person B just sits in front of his computer during office hours and does not do much work.
Now I know person B rather well ( he's been in my company for about 3 years, I have been working here for almost an year), and he is one of the hardest workers I have seen. I was naturally angered for the simple fact that 'A' tries to talk about someone who has been longer with the company than 'A' himself, and how can a person comment about his superiors in the second week itself??
I told our friend 'A' right then that it was none of his business what 'B' did, and that if 'A' had a problem with 'B' he should not come to me about it again.
Now I am kind of perturbed: if this person 'A' can make such a remark about 'B', it is quite probable that he can say something about me to someone else, and so on. In other workds, he is a person who is to be avoided.
However, since I know 'B' I am kind of hurt, too. I would like to tell 'B' about what happened.
But I have a feeling that if I do so, I will myself be gossiping/ bad-mouthing someone else. Not only do I think gossiping is something that can and should be avoided, I am also thinking that others might regard me to be no different that 'A' himself. At the same time, I would like others in my office to know what happened.
What do I do?
-->personally I believe that I should keep quiet and let others find it out for themselves. But then, I am sure there are other ways.
