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> HOW TO DEAL WITH A "CHURCH GOSSIP"
> > Annie, the church gossip and self-appointed arbiter of the church's
> morals,
> > kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Members were
> > unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain
their
> > silence. She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new
> member,
> > of being an alcoholic after she saw his pickup truck parked in front of
> the
> > town's only bar one afternoon.
> > She commented to George and others that everyone seeing it there would
> know
> > what he was doing. George, a man of few words, stared at her for a
moment
> > and just walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny, he said
> nothing.
> > Later that evening, George quietly parked his pickup in front of Annie's
> > house... and left it there all night.
> > Annie, the church gossip and self-appointed arbiter of the church's
> morals,
> > kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Members were
> > unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain
their
> > silence. She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new
> member,
> > of being an alcoholic after she saw his pickup truck parked in front of
> the
> > town's only bar one afternoon.
> > She commented to George and others that everyone seeing it there would
> know
> > what he was doing. George, a man of few words, stared at her for a
moment
> > and just walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny, he said
> nothing.
> > Later that evening, George quietly parked his pickup in front of Annie's
> > house... and left it there all night.
