This is how rumors get started.

Overheard:

"I have to go pick up my daughter -- we have lawn seats."

"Your daughter is pregnant?!?!?"

[Silence. Confused pause.]

"What? No, we have lawn seats for the concert we were just talking about."

Who:

Hallway chatters at work

I don't even know how she could have stated things more clearly:

When you make casual statements, such as those pertaining to summertime concerts*, you make basic assumptions, for example, "The person I am talking to can hear me." You know what happens when you assume.


* YES, I know, it took me a while to post.