Office Wingers

Why do they do it? She this, he that and on and on. If you have an issue with someone, why on earth talk to everyone else about it except the person concerned. It doesn't get you anywhere, annoys the hell out of your co-workers and in my case, makes me avoid you like you've got the plague.
Though my main gripe about office wingers is that why oh why do I always end up with them! Is it because I'm a good listener, make appropraite comments or just that I have sucker written in office winger can see only ink on my forehead!
Perhaps I should take my own advice and just tell these winger mingers to go talk someone else's ear off cause I really don't give a damn if so and so is number illiterate and entered everything on the system wrong!