Do you give out your contact information at work casually? How is that handled at your job? Are you careful to make sure access to it is on a need-to-know basis?

Here’s the situation. Our school nurse was told by the boss to gather everyone’s contact information and add it to a master list. Once that had been completed, she was to email the list to me, as he wanted me to make a file folder for each employee.

During the process, she approached me and asked me to write down name, address, phone number, emergency contact, etc. I do not casually give out this information to anyone, but in particular, I did not want to give it to her because she is a very nosy person who runs her mouth about everybody at work. I simply told her that when she sent the list on, I would add my info to the list.

She became demanding, insisting that I write down my information. I once again stated that I would wait and add it the list when it was completed. She became all huffy and said she was going to say something to the principal because I wouldn’t give her the info.

(I felt like laughing in her face, because she sounded like a three-year-old threatening to tattle, but I didn’t really say anything.) After she walked away, I contacted HR to let them know the situation, and was confirmed in that I didn’t have to give my info to her. But, wow!