Did you see what that nail tech posted?

Gossip in any shape of form is the root of all evil in any industry.

And our industry is not immune to it.

Its the art of jealousy. The art of putting someone down because they didn't conform to your standards. Posting negative information of pictures of the victims work or posts.

Where you may wonder will people gossip? Private groups mostly on social media. But it can happen anywhere anytime and no-one is immune to this.

What do they get out of it? The ability to outdo the other gossipers by using the best insult that everyone will praise them with. (sounds a bit narcissistic to me). It's the type of people that need everyones attention and that have no disregard for anothers feelings.

How do we stop it? Don't be an asshole.

Re - humanise yourself. Pull up your socks, dot your i's cross your t's and be human. Step into a world of where you are so berated and battered down by people talking about you, that you begin to feel depressed, paranoid, want to chuck it all in and work for the man.

Yep thats what gossiping does. Sounds like bullying right! Well I have news for you. It is. It's one of the most common forms of bullying that happens when its not directly given to the victim, until they find out. And when they do, shit hits the fan.

Cyber bullying statistics show that in just under 3 years the percentage of teens that reported bullying jumped form 34 percent to 43 percent. 40 percent of adults bullied have reported that action. Wow, these numbers are awful, what happened to the other 60 percent of adults that didn't report. Did they take matters into their own hands, or did they get over it.

You won't know, until you know. Then how would you feel.

Our industry is female dominated, women always talk about wanting to uplift one another, yet amongst themselves there is a jealous rift of rivalry. But this doesn't rule out the men in our industry either.

So if you feel you are one of those people that need to talk about others in a way that can harm them emotionally or physically.

STOP RIGHT NOW STOP BEING THAT ASSHOLE CHILD THAT NEEDS ALL THE DAMN ATTENTION TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER.

If you feel you are being bullied, please talk to someone you trust or contact lifeline 131114.

BULLYING IS NOT OK AT ANY AGE IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM