Gossip can be helpful and instructive sometimes

June Khuzwayo                        Studies Media 3

Gossip can be helpful and instructive sometimes

There are actually hundreds of thousands of people employed around the world to gather gossip for magazines and newspapers. There is a whole market out there that is willing to pay a fair price for a good gossip or rumour. What if gossiping was totally eliminated? Imagine how many people would lose their jobs?.

People who are good gossipers are often very creative. They do not just talk about other people, they actually turn their gossip into a very entertaining story. For such people, gossiping is the only place where they actually are able to employ their creative selves.

You can tell alot about a person by listening to him/her for a short while. If the person talks about someone else, you can be pretty sure he/she will talk about  you as soon as you turn around. At least this is one good way to keep track of what to say and to whom.

This is the only thing that is universal across all cultures. You can go anywhere and as long as you can gossip effectively and carefully, you will find friends. Well there you have it. It just makes me want to gossip now!!!