Leave These Things to the Professionals.

Daily Ructions offers a cautionary tale for civilians outside the news business on the spreading of stories and the use of voicemail. It’ll have to be as a blind item, but the lesson is one for this modern age. It involves three colleagues at an important government institution.

Colleague A (for Altruistic following thwarted Ambition) confided a big development to Colleague B (for Boss, sort of) that would soon be announced. A asked B not to repeat the news.  B agreed, but weakened a few days later.  Unable to keep the tasty secret, B decided to tell Colleague C (for Chatterbox), whose relationship with A is not good. Not good at all, though it once was close, even chummy.

B called C to share the news.  That’s not right. B tried to call C, even thought she had called C.  B left the newsy message on a voicemail with one of those stock, generic messages–A’s.  Oops.  A was not well-pleased to hear B blurting out the confidence in a fumbled bid to reach C, the notorious Chatterbox, on A’s voicemail. This will not be forgotten.

Don’t be a B.  Call someone in the news.  Email Daily Ructions.  Call Jon Lender.  Leave a note for Dennis House. We know how to disseminate this information in an efficient manner without your fingerprints.