Do you get offended when two people whisper to each other in front of you?

I hate this attitude and makes me piss very bad! Makes me want to punch them even as a female , but like what you said the ethics must be observed. I also hate about being look at from feet to toe and smiled after..grrrr..super makes you paranoid why they are doing it.. Well, Happy New Year to you cecillecarmela!

I was always taught that it is rude to whisper in front of other people. I am guessing that is may be based on the fact that the other people must always assume it's about them! That's how I always feel and have to fight those thoughts off! I don't like it when people are rude like that.

Everyone's relationships are different. What kind of activities are happening when this happens? Is it at lunch? What the two decide to do are their decision, not yours. Is it at business meetings? Every communication I would think should be encouraged. If it is supposed to be a private conversation between two people, what is wrong with that? Do you really share every single little detail in your life with the both of them? How long have you known the two? How long have they known each other? If it distresses you this much, perhaps you need to find another communication soul mate -

It would depend. If I was talking to one of them first and then the other would come in and just whisper something to the person I was talking to and they'd make whispered conversations, then yeah I might be offended. But if the other person would gesture to me that she needs to tell the other person something, I wouldnt mind that and I wouldnt mind waiting actually. If I was close to both of them, Id give hints asking what it was about and to tell me the details also. Another situation would be when I was standing there or something, and then two co-workers just happened to meet up in front of me or near me and whisper something, then I dont mind that. I also have no interest in whatever they were speaking about. It's their business anyway. However, if two co-workers were whispering and they were looking at me while whispering, I would get suspicious and very offended. That would usually mean that they're talking about me or something that is related to me. And that's just plain rude. If that happens, once or twice, I would just ignore it and wait and see if those people would talk to me about it or something. They would eventually stop. If the rude behavior continues, then I just might talk to them about it calmly but my tone would be suggesting that you should fess up before things get ugly.LOL Anyway, try to be positive and give people the benefit of the doubt unless proven guilty. Happy New Year!

I feel it is rude to do that in front of a person.Similarly it is rude to talk in a language not known to the third person in the group.More than being rude one feels left out and irritated.I would ignore such people and avoid such people in future.

Hi Cecillecarmela. Happy New year to you too. For me I find it offensive if people whisper in front of me. But most of the time I just plain ignore them because I know they are rude and can't help it. Seems like people like this like to get things stared and have nothing better to do. It says in Gods word not to gossip. And then sometimes I will look at them in disgust and tell them they are being rude. But if they aren't talking about me and I know who they are talking about I will go tell the person they are talking about too. I don't like rude people. I don't let stupid people irritate me.

I used to when I was younger, get angry and all but now I just get even or ignore them some people do that to gain attention if you ignore them and keep your eyes on advancement at work you will someday get to whisper to someone more important than they are

I do honestly. I experienced this everyday with my co-worker too. She is so rude and almost everyone at work knows about it. A lot of time I will ignore her but there are instances that I called her attention and tell her that it is not good. She will just laugh and do it again. It is really her nature!

For the most part it doesn't really bother me. If they're whispering and like maybe snickering and looking at me then i might get a little offended curious as to what they're talking about. Otherwise i just let it roll off my shoulder. Simple fact is a lot of our general population (which we unfortunately have to spend a significant part of our days with) (like @ our job)act a lot like 7th graders. Which is definitely annoying. I agree with you about it being unethical for sure!!

It is indeed bad manners to act like that.....having some intimate whispers in front of others. If they have serious things to discuss like that, then they should excuse from others and leave that place to a secluded area and have all the fun. At the same time, this is a cheap trick, some people do to make somebody to feel important in a crowd. I feel pity for the victim.

I can take it to an extent, but I can't take it for a long time. I know that it is none of my business to know others secret or others personal matters and they have all rights to keep their thoughts as secrets or share to whomever they want. I also know that since they whisper in front of me it doesn't mean that they are not talking bad things about me. I just don't like and I won't do that to anyone.

Hi dear, i don't like such things. Everyone has a nature may be it is good or bad. In my position, I won't attend my ear to them even if the subject matter is me. Certain people are like that and we cannot change their attitudes. May be my surroundings are not suitable to their nature or culture. Whatever I feel like say, I will say and it is not fair to have gossips about others, because we all are not fully error free from anything. So, talking about others is due to the 'lack' of something in our culture and nothing else. Thank-s

Hi there cecillecarmela!!! If someone is to do that thing in front of me I guess I will also be irritated especially when they are talking about me or even not me.I am a very sensitive person and I easily get irritated.But most of the time I keep it to myself to avoid being in trouble. I guess if I were in a situation where two people keep on whispering to each other in front of me,I will be annoyed but I will not talk to them or confront them coz it may cause some commotion and I don't want everybody to be looking at me especially when we are in the office. If you can still do it then try to be more patient.It is better to be like this than to pick a fight to some unethical co-workers.Besides patience is a virtue...

I get annoyed when two people whisper in front of me especially when they are looking at me. I want to reprimand them for doing this, but I just let it be. I also think that whispering in front of a person is unethical and lacks manners. If the person would repeatedly do that, I would just ignore it. It's because maybe I am not the one they're talking about.

It is rude to whisper in front of someone. I will definitely be offended if it happens to me even if it doesn't concerns me.

Not good anyway as a professional and speaking of etiquette that is not good to see. Even they are not talking about you. I hate also to see people whispering in front of me I feel bad. Why they are not get out out of site and go to safer place to talk about some important matters that no one will hear. So better to go to far places and not whisper on front of people. Good manners and right conduct.

Hello, Cecillecarmela. If I happened to know these two people , yes, I'll be offended or be annoyed by what they are doing. Not that I am so paranoid thinking that I am the one who is their subject but because of the mere fact that they are seemed to be talking something that shouldn't be heard y someone else, so they'd better go somewhere where there'll be no one to witness what they are doing. There's a subtle way of dealing with those people. My Aunt would often say 'Hey, it isn't holyweek yet." meaning, Judas acting like a traitor to Jesus.

It is really irritating to an extent but I really do just get on with my day I think. Still a part of me and I am kind of ashamed to admit this is curious. I wonder what they are talking about. I wonder if I have something to do about it. I wonder why they cannot say it to my face. There are just all of those things that I wonder about and it really does cause me to be distracted from what I need to do. So it does frustrate me to an extent when people whisper around me.

The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him said 'If you three do not two of them talk without the third' this speech from prophet mohmmed to all muslim solve this kind of problem by given direction for people who to act if they are three people in one place there are alot of ethical principle for both side in this speech i let you read it more and search if you want to learn more.

Just ignore it. Just try to do something that makes them realize that whispering to somebody infront of you is unethical.