I'll Never Tell

I hate keeping secrets because I'm not very good at it. My parents always promoted honesty, over discipline for not so great behavior. The largest secret I had to keep was when one of my supervisors began to attempt to date one of my friends.

In my department RAs aren't 'supposed to' date residents due to conflict of interest of course. In the beginning of last fall a supervisor of a different building introduced himself to my friend who was living in his building. He made it clear he wanted to begin relationship with her so they starting spending time together; on and off campus.

I was worried about my position because I didn't want personal issues to affect my work life. There was a chance that the department head would have begun to ask around concerning the relationship. As I kept the secret I was more upset, than empowered because my friend has disrespected my opinion. Not only was the guy a player and hit on every girl he came across, I warned her about the situation I could be put in at work.

When the relationship finally ended, it was weird to have to work with the guy that disrespected my friend. I felt better because I was no longer on edge, about someone seeing them and asking me, or a supervisor questioning me. That particular supervisor was eventually fired so this year I haven't had to work with him.

At the end of the day I told her that if it came down to my job or keeping her secret, I was going to spill the beans.