He makes you feel that the only decent response is to come up with something equally tantalizing. So sometimes, out of weakness, you create intriguing factoids, praying that you're not ruining someone's career. The gossip's opposite number is the social zombie. This type contributes zilch in the way of office cheer or harmony. He has mastered the 1,000-yard stare, enabling him to pass colleagues in the hallway without ever seeming to see them.
Every office has neat freaks and slobs.
At least the neat freak, while annoying in his fastidiousness, is not a menace. But you don't dare. Instead, you stash the danish in a drawer and lick your fingers. Some offices have a surrogate mother or father. She, or he, gets overly wrapped up in these colleagues' personal lives, believing herself to be kind and helpful.