There are Certain Things We Should Keep to Ourselves, but Otherwise it can be Beneficial to Share the Rest.

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If you have friends, or family members, or co-workers that can't listen to what you share without spreading it around, it's best to keep what you don't want broadcast to yourself. Then you don't have to wonder who it was that didn't keep their mouth shut. But, otherwise, if the information you're sharing isn't hurtful to anyone, it can be beneficial to share that even if it may be talked about for a long time to come. It's a decision each of us makes daily. I mentioned to a customer that we did two days ago and that we had to go back to finish the job that I got blood all over my floors from my stupid mistake. I told her that we'd be working on removing the carpeting from the bedroom, living room and hallway rather than spend a lot of money to clean it. She said that her sister had a similar catastrophe with blood and the insurance company replaced all the carpeting affected. That sister also accidentally spilled some bleach on a different carpeted floor, and the insurance paid to have that replaced also. So, instead of me beginning the process of removing the carpet, I'll be calling the insurance company to see if that is covered in our policy. If so, it will be an easier way to replace carpet that has seen it's last days even before I spurted all over it yesterday. When my husband shared about this at work today a different customer said the same thing to him as well. We've needed new carpeting since we've moved in fifteen years ago, but with all the hospital bills we still owe, I've not expected we could do this. If it works out that way, if will be nice.