re: #592 Escaped Hillbilly

Yes. But that is still no where near most. Most behave themselves. It has an impact though. Rumours can have almost the same effect. I am put in mind of my room mate in Afghanistan. Her husband dumped her and moved back to Texas because it was rumored she was “dating” a male Soldier from our Section. She wasn’t. HIS wife left him too…and started the rumor for revenge. But didn’t admit it was false until it was too late.

What a rotten thing to do. I hate gossip, it ruins lives and its almost impossible to stop once it gets started. Both of the large stores I’ve worked at had to have the manager address the whole store on at least one occasion simply to shut down rumor mills that were damaging the team.