Despicable Behavior

Philippines
August 28, 2012 1:34am CST
Many people love to gossip. We know it's bad, and the worst thing to gossip about are people's secrets. Our neighbor's maid found a diary in her owner's house and read it. As if intruding wasn't despicable enough, she even went to the building's female caretaker to talk about her latest discovery. This caretaker then passed the gossip to my mother. I was so angry upon learning about their actions. I have no respect for these people. They not only intrude one's privacy, they are even proud to have found out the juiciest gossip from an innocent teen's diary. I repeatedly reminded my mother to never tell any of them about our lives. These people simply cannot be trusted. They have nothing else to talk about but gossips.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Aug 12
Oh my, if ever that i know of someone who did that, i would really call the attention of the diary owner. It will be her who will deal with them. At least, i have tried to stop the gossip from spreading further.
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
Wow, I salute your boldness. I think that is the right thing to do. That way, those maids would learn their lesson.
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@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
28 Aug 12
Unfortunately there are many people for whom gossiping about their neighbors or other people is a hobby;they forget that they should first analyze themselves and realize that they're far from being perfect and the flaws they discuss in others while gossiping can first be found in themselves.They are indeed despicable,and for me the best way to deal with them is to ignore them as much as possible.
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
I agree. Ignoring them is the best way to deal with them. I really find it pathetic that they have to resort to gossiping for their entertainment.
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@Rainegurl (2156)
• Philippines
28 Aug 12
That is indeed despicable I admit i am guilty of gossipping here and there but, yes, i would be totally disgusted and horrified if I knew someone who purposely intruded in someone's privacy. Hope somebody would teach them a lesson. Take care
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
Me too. I would be lying if I said that I have never gossiped in my entire life. We are social creatures and to talk about other people from time to time is a hard habit to break. But to read ones diary and to divulge it to others is what makes gossiping very malicious. I do hope they would taste their own medicine. Take care too.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
28 Aug 12
It's a shame people who live dull lives think they have to get their excitement from sharing the secrets of others. But it's hard to prevent. Sounds like someone needs to hide her diary much better or take it with her when she leaves the house. I no longer keep a paper diary. But I don't have any real secrets, either. Anyone who follows me around the Internet knows about all there is to know about me. MyLot is my most secret place.
• Philippines
29 Aug 12
Yes, I agree that they have really boring lives and that's why they use gossips for their entertainment. I too do not keep a paper diary. I am too paranoid to have my deepest feelings and thoughts written on paper.
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@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
28 Aug 12
People who lack anything worthwhile to do turn to gossiping for past time. And that is so horrible especially if they will spread it to hurt the person. I have to admit I love to hear stories about other people just for the sake of hearin it, but never ever to spread it maliciously degrade someone. I would never go on our hurting people's feelings just for entertainment. That's why I just hang out here at mylot instead. :)
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
We are all guilty of gossiping at some point in our lives. But we should at least try to moderate our actions. And to deliberately talk about one's secrets is loathsome. Mylot is a good site to talk about many things. Maybe those maids should just sign up here instead of spreading gossips to other neighbors.
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@anix101 (44)
28 Aug 12
This is pretty disgusting. Number one, her job is to clean these peoples house and they obviously trust her around their belongings so she should respect that, and then to be sharing information about a teenager is quite awful and that made obviously cant be trusted. However, i don't think any one can say all gossip is bad and no one can claim they have never taken part in gossip at some stage of their lives. In this day and age sharing information with others is more prevalent than ever, from speaking with friends about others lives/events to social networking sites including posting pictures to posting comments on sites and even celeb magazines, in fact seriousnuts post could even be considered gossip, as he/she has shared information about others with us and we are talking about it. The world is full of it. I think it needs to be taken in context. Gossip becomes a bad thing when it is shared in a malicious way, or shared without thought for the person whos lives they are commenting on.
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
I agree with anix. We as social creatures had at some point engaged into gossiping whether we are aware or not. By no means I am saying that all forms of "gossips" deserve contempt. But we all should be responsible for what we say. We should not speak to hurt others. Those maids are a good example of how a gossip could become malicious. May their actions be a great reminder to all of us to think before speaking. Great insights anix and melissa, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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• Philippines
28 Aug 12
I think that it is inevitable to have people around us who lives on gossiping. Maybe some of them are not aware of the destructive effects of their habits to people. However, it is also possible that those people who gossip do experienced being the topic of gossip that is why they resorted to gossiping as well. I also think that once in our lives we also talked behind peoples back, speaking bad things about them. So for me, this calls for a self reflection so that we could be always conscious of our own actions, if we are already gossiping or not. It will also help if we are going to confront those people that we know who engages in gossiping. Confront them in a positive way, not to humiliate them.
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25 Sep 12
agreed, people really do need to exercise personal responsibility and these maid are definitely a message of how gossip can be malicious. also apologies for my incorrect spelling of maids above lol.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
28 Aug 12
Hello serious and welcome to myLot. This is despicable behavior for this maid. She is a trusted employee and she has broken that trust. She is not the only one at fault though. Those that she is gossiping to should also be ashamed of them selves. They are just as bad for listening. This is one reason I would never leave any house keeping help alone in my home. My daughter has a friend that works for a very small house cleaning company. The owner of the company works with her employees. They all try on the clothes of the people they are cleaning house for. They also try on their make-up. If there is liquor in the house they help them selves to that too. The worse thing is the boss is doing it too.
• Philippines
29 Aug 12
Hi deebomb. Yes, the listener is at fault as well. I find no reason why the caretaker should spread the gossip further and pass it to my mother. My mother and the caretaker are not even close. How disgusting of those house cleaners and their employer. You have a valid reason to be more careful and to avoid leaving the helpers alone in your house. It's hard to trust people nowadays. We have to work hard to earn each other people's trust.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Aug 12
his seriousnuts anyone who reads someone else's diary , anyone is despicable not just maids. to gossip like that is to hurt innocent people and those who do that should be stopped.that maid 'deserves to be fired at once., I do not gossip about other people as its hurtful, malicious and stupid too. here in the US we do not have many maids and only the wealthy have them but here they are tried like members of the f amily and not looked down on like'you seem to.I would hate to work as a maid there.as I say not all maids here are like that nor are they looked down on like lesser people.i think if people t eat their hired help with respect most of them will not do like that maid did.there are two sides to'every story .
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
Hi hatley. That is an interesting point. The maid may have her own side of the story. It's just that I don't see the reason why she should read someone else's diary, especially from a diary that belongs to a teen. Perhaps that is how they see maids here. I admit I dislike my neighbor's maids but not because of their job, but because of their behavior. I think how you treat maids in the US is something that some people here should try to emulate.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
8 Sep 12
It is really annoying,isn't it? People like these do not know the word respect[b][/b]. It is as if they are perfect that they have to tell the whole world what they know about somebody.
• Philippines
9 Sep 12
It's really annoying how some people love to intrude on someone's privacy. Someone should teach them about respect. I don't really see why they get so interested about other people business. They must have really boring lives.
@deazil (4723)
• United States
28 Aug 12
This is despicable behavior. Not only is it absolutely wrong, it could be potentially damaging to the teenager whose diary she read. If the gossip were to get to the wrong people, depending on what was in the diary, it could hurt the teenager badly. Her reputation could be ruined, she could lose friends and her parents could possibly be upset about something she may have written. Also, this maid is putting her own interpretation on what she read. The way she understands what she read may not be the spirit in which it was written. That diary most likely contains the very personal thoughts, feelings and dreams of the teenager. We all have had unpleasant thoughts about someone at one time or another. They are harmless thoughts. What if they came to light and the persons being thought about became aware of them? Much trouble would ensue, I think. But we are adults and we understand that to think something and to act on it are vastly different actions. That maid, by doing what she did, can cause so much emotional pain to more people than just the teenager. Her employer should be told and she should be dismissed immediately.
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
It is loathsome that the maid had to invade the teenager's privacy. The contents of her diary are her deepest feelings and thoughts. And you are right, if what she'd written reached the wrong people, then she might be in trouble. I feel bad for her. The maid clearly has no shame, she had no idea what she did was wrong and she even shared that information to other people.
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
28 Aug 12
Yeah this is a very bad behavior that some of the maids have. They will want to know about what is happening in peoples' lives around then and they have a good laugh when they spread the rumor. I think they should be taught some lesson. This is sick attitude. Good you told your mother not to say anything. I sure she is a good human and wouldn't be like those maids. they got nothing better to do that's is why all this. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
Thanks for your kind words, riyauro. May we learn from the mistakes of those maids. Those are the people whom we should never immitate. Have a good day.
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@linnet (7)
• China
28 Aug 12
You can't avoid being live with those people,gossip almost like a coca cola to bring them happy and exciting feelings,even intimated relationship.They maybe cannot be trusted but can bring your some important information,so don't be isolated from them,integrated into them,at the same time keeping a cool head~
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• Philippines
29 Aug 12
Yes, I believe that everyone is guilty of gossiping at some point in their lives. So avoiding gossips completely is impossible. We just need to learn how to tolerate them, and at the same time be careful around them.
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