I like to keep things simple and sweet I love to hear the gossip but that's where I end it

No you don't have to limit talking with her. She will tell you everything you want to know, slightly biased and mostly twisted, but the sky's the limit! Just make sure you are asking more questions than making statements. Your co-workers probably don't really think you're a complaining slacker ; the ones that do will only believe it until the next bit of juicy gossip. Plus you can use it to your advantage by telling her things like: if production rates go down somebody might have to get cut and it's probably going to be the person who's been doing the most call-outs or unauthorized breaks then you ask her who do you think will be the first one cut? She will give you the low down on every cut corner and who is doing it and how. Keep in mind you can only take what she says as questionable information and get validation from a more trustworthy source before actually believing her.

Only talk to her when needed. No more gossip on your part. If you catch her flapping her gums, pull her aside and stop her. Do have the authority, though? It starts with you.

What I have noticed is that people talk about others but won't say it to their face. I was in a business to represent someone else and the person on the other end of the phone was speaking VERY DISRESPCTFULLY ABOUT WHO I was representing. When he finally hung up the phone and I told him who I was, his face turned every color and then if it could probably would have exploded. Now, I could have gone back out to the car, told my friend what was said about him, but I chose the high road. I stayed everything was fine and that his car keys were in my hands. Gossip has to and mush be avoided. Have office shooting, random acts of violence taught us nothing??? If you gossip at work then that's your business. What you said was not, at all inappropriate. If I hear gossip, it goes in one ear and out the other. Unless, there is a very serious issue. Ones character and integrity are everything.

Don't get drawn in to their world. Gossiping employees are usually miserable with their job and their life and want to bring everybody down with them. My advise is to be positive, ignore the talk, and stay in your lane. Let your actions and work ethic speak for you. You will be better for it.

Here's what I've done. I can't worry about decry innocent comment I make. The gossips may turn it around. In good companies, the boys will double check if they are concerned about something and I can tell them what I really meant. If the boys wants to believe all the gossip without verifying it, then I start looking for a new job.

Prove to them you are not a slacker and not complaining. Speak with the gossiper about the issue and explain why they are wrong. Then Go back to your duties and don't let it bother you

Or drop the info. You want people to know.

Someone at my job does da samething but hey that's everywhere n they tell all there information like who cares everybody n fa job know about her

Challenge them to a battle to the death