This has just happened and I'm rather confused about it, and I wouldn't mind having a little input.
One of our reporters is "A". He sits all the way across the newsroom from me and we don't know each other really well, but he's an all right guy and he's always been nice to me.
I got a call from a lady downstairs, the receptionist. She whispered something to me about a collection being taken. I had no idea what she was talking about, but eventually, she mentioned that she had heard word-of-mouth that a collection was being taken for A's LIVER TRANSPLANT.
I hadn't known a thing about it...no one's been acting any differently up here, least of all A, and when I told the receptionist I had no idea what she was talking about, she said okay, and told me not to say anything to anyone.
So now I don't know what to do. I don't know if A's really needing a liver transplant, or if it's just some bizarre rumor...and most of all, I don't know whether I should talk to anyone about it or not. That's something I would think the editors would need to know since we're already short on reporters, but it's very much not my place to say it. I know I'm pretty much the "kid" in the newspaper and I almost feel like I'd be telling my parents about a kid in my class who's drinking behind the bus barn...and I don't know if they already know or not.
Basically...what should I do now?
One of our reporters is "A". He sits all the way across the newsroom from me and we don't know each other really well, but he's an all right guy and he's always been nice to me.
I got a call from a lady downstairs, the receptionist. She whispered something to me about a collection being taken. I had no idea what she was talking about, but eventually, she mentioned that she had heard word-of-mouth that a collection was being taken for A's LIVER TRANSPLANT.
I hadn't known a thing about it...no one's been acting any differently up here, least of all A, and when I told the receptionist I had no idea what she was talking about, she said okay, and told me not to say anything to anyone.
So now I don't know what to do. I don't know if A's really needing a liver transplant, or if it's just some bizarre rumor...and most of all, I don't know whether I should talk to anyone about it or not. That's something I would think the editors would need to know since we're already short on reporters, but it's very much not my place to say it. I know I'm pretty much the "kid" in the newspaper and I almost feel like I'd be telling my parents about a kid in my class who's drinking behind the bus barn...and I don't know if they already know or not.
Basically...what should I do now?
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