Crack Addiction
Have you ever noticed that people who gossip the most always start out with denial of that very fact?
“I don’t want to gossip, but….”
Every major religion has many proverbs about the wickedness of idle tongues. Since it is mentioned so much I figure people must have an overwhelming propensity for it.
Why? I gave that some thought also. I decided that intimate knowledge of other people’s business is very intoxicating, and gives a person a feeling of power. When we learn private information about someone and then share it with others, it gives us a false sense of clout.
I also noted, that the quest for this intimate knowledge brings about another frowned upon social and religious taboo. Eavesdropping! Have you ever noticed that other person you were not addressing inching closer to you and your confidant? By now you might be asking yourself what does this article have to do with the title, “Crack Addiction?”
Well, it brings us to an incident that happened to me in a local restaurant recently.
My daughter and I went out to dinner with some collogues of mine. While waiting for dinner to be served I was irritated by my daughter cracking her knuckles. Loud drill instructor voices run in my family, and I thunderously exclaimed,
“Ciara, I wish you would break that crack addiction!”
Not only did my table get quiet but our whole side of the restaurant. As my daughter’s eyes widened in horror I realized my fopaux. I corrected the intention of my earlier statement,
“You know, she cracks her knuckles and neck.”
Relieved audible sighs could be heard around the room, indicating just how many people were listening in. I believed the incident finished, that is, till I received an e-mail the next day offering solace on my burden of having a drug addict in the family!
I guess my title would have been apropos anyway since it seems gossip is almost as powerful as any drug.
P.S. My daughter wants me to mention she does not even take aspirin!
