I ran into one of my old coworkers. From that job I love to hate. He seemed all so friendly toward me. And I guess I was just very quiet back to him. It was alkward (and painful immediately afterwards). What he didn’t realize is that he betrayed me. On the day I decided to resign my position, I told him my plans first thing that morning. His immediate response was to tell our immediate supervisor. I wasn’t up for that. I knew my supervisor intemidated me. I was going to go just through HR.
So the next thing I know is that my “trusted” coworker told my boss I was leaving. Bootlicker. It was sorta the good cop/bad cop type of thing. My coworker wanted to protect himself, so that the boss-man wouldn’t fire him for knowing that I was leaving and not telling him.
So anyways it was painful remembering those sobering memories from my old job. Here I was having a extremely good time skiing and I let my old job and old memories creep up on me. Bummer. The only thing I could think of when I was there “let’s go tubing.”
I now know that honesty is not always the best policy. You have to withhold information if you want to get further in the world. You don’t need to tell everyone your plans. Keep the hand you were dealt with close to your heart.