A Reason To Just Work and Worry Only About Yourself

So I work at a touristy shop that sells shotglasses and Chicago t-shirts and such. Definitely not my life's ambition but for now its very stress free and it allows me to concentrate on school. I work with younger 18-20 year old girls mostly and my boss who is about 35. Today I found out that one of the girls quit.

And she quit because she was boosting merchandise out of the store and the mangers have caught on to her antics. I figure she stole around 500-600 bucks worth of stuff. She was a keyholder and often closed or opened the store so she had the opportunity to do it. As is with any job, there is a lot of gossip and such that runs through the store. I have in my infinite wisdom and working in other high gossip environments learned to keep myself away from it and out of it in any way I can because gossip is like poison: It kills. People often tell me shit but I never repeat it and I don't care enough to remember it later anyways. I think people tell me just because I'm naturally a good listener even though they know I don't like to hear it. So anyhow, this girl was spreading a lot of garbage around about the assistant manager who I get along with very well and trying to get the a.m's job in the process.

I never trusted this girl and told the assistant manager this. And now its all come out about this girl boosting clothes and other stuff out of the store and that she's been spreading lies about everybody and how they work to the manager.

I hate being right.

Gossip is poison folks. Just do what you gotta do to work and go home. Who cares if that makes you less liked than everybody else? At least you'll have a job...and your integrity.