Do you eavesdrop?
By 3cardmonte
@3cardmonte (5098)
May 18, 2009 12:39pm CST
I was at work today and I had to do some stuff outside the store, there was a cafe full of people next to me, and I thought cool maybe I'll get to hear something interesting, something that might make me think. Who did I get? Captains boring! One of them was talking about mud bikes and the other was talking about a power struggle, I thought that sounded promising, but the struggle for power turned out to be from his 5 year old son!
I know I shouldn't eavesdrop, but some people really do talk a load of old crap.
Do you eavesdrop?
Whats the best conversation you have ever overheard?
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12 responses
@hramdatt (137)
• United States
18 May 09
yep i eavesdrop many time, that was because i was because of intelligence work, i was once threatened by a man so no one even the cops took it for granted so i decided to perform my own investigation, and on the day the guy was suppose to execute his job i foiled his attempts. that was all because i eavesdropped on his conversation on many occasions.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
18 May 09
I think I learned from my grandmother and mom the art of eavesdropping but I try not to do it because I don't think it's right and it can be a lot of trouble in the long run, especially if it's something kind of personal but your piqued on and must ask about...
@3cardmonte (5098)
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18 May 09
oh no, you should never ask! theres a line between eavesdropping and butting in!
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
18 May 09
I'm careful who I do this with, but like I said I'm trying to stop altogether. In the past if I have butted in it's to a family member and if I feel bad afterwards I ignore them for awhile.
@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
19 May 09
I have to say that I don't eavesdrop. I have always been told to many times how rude and inconsiderate that is and that it's other peoples business not my own. LOL!! So what do I do? I don't eavesdrop but I will say that if I'm at a store and the people are talking loud enough for half the people there to hear it then I hear it too. Unfortunately where I live people tend to yell everything LOL!!
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
8 Apr 10
Hi, 3cardmonte. I am sure that many of us have done this at some point on our lives.. I have eavesdropped when I hear someone arguing or when I want to know what is being said on the telephone. That is only because I may have a hunch that this person is talking junk about me and they are doing something that they don't have any business doing. That is my purpose for eavesdropping. I only do it to find out something, but just not to be deliberately nosy.
@chillpill90 (1936)
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19 May 09
i eves drop sometimes but not on purpose like if im in the library and people are talking loudly you cant help but listen. But i dont do it on purpose and i haven't heard any which have been very interesting there all quite boring.
@pelastikbintang (325)
• Malaysia
23 May 09
I do sometimes. I just can't help myself from eavesdropping. I know it is not nice to listen to others conversation but i just love to know things, what r people talking about...huhu...
@tutul0045 (2630)
• India
18 May 09
Hey,
I dont do that becoz usually iam lost in my own world & i dont have much time to listen what others are talking about. May be its something not to be proud of but thats how iam.
Though when in a public place and u r alone u can certianly pay some attention to what others are talking about. U may hear some thing really weird and the nagain u can hear somethign very important. SO not sure whter its a good thing or a bad thing to do, lol.
Cheers,
Tutul
@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
19 May 09
I eavesdrop all the time. Most of the time, I don't even mean to do it, it just sort of happens. For instance, I can be out with my partner eating lunch or in a store or something and for a brief second, we'll have a pause in conversation and then I'll pick up a bit of a conversation from someone else around us and it's usually always the strangest part of the conversation too. I guess it can be considered a gift and a burden lol.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
19 May 09
I eavesdrop because I do not have a life. If I did not watch TV and evesdrop on other people's conversations, I would die of boredom.
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
19 May 09
Sometimes, not intended because if you can hear the talks of other people even if you are not interested you going to be intrigue to hear there stories. I know it's bad to eavesdrop but for me as long as I don't tell to other people and I don't engage in gossip it is still okay. Here in our neighborhood gossipers are around if you don't want to be talk about by the whole community don't chat anything about yourself and your life.
@abkinsey (173)
• United States
18 May 09
I try not to eavesdrop because I want to respect other people's desire for privacy. Also, I don't like forming assumptions without knowing the whole story, and there's no way I can know the whole story by overhearing bits and pieces of something going on in one conversation. I do like getting to know people, though, and hearing their life stories. Perhaps that's why I went into theology and psychology. I love learning about how the mind works!
