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Eavesdropping
But not like that....more like this...
The eavesdropping I do is pretty harmless. I don't eavesdrop on the conversations of people I actually know, only people I run into in the line at the store, in the next booth at IHOP, waiting at Discount Tire and especially people who whispering in Barnes and Nobel. I know it's not exactly a good thing to do but why? I don't know these people or even who they are talking about...besides, what if they are whispering about when to detonate a bomb or something, my little hobby could turn out to be pretty important.
I've heard some weird weird stuff before. Like this one time at IHOP, I promise you I heard this man with two "associates" discussing a "deal". He wore a ring on his pinkie and had a big unlit cigar (barf) in his hand (we were in non smoking). He was wearing slacks and a Hawaiian print shirt...at one in the morning, on a Thursday.
Needless to say, it peaked my interest...I still don't know what kind of deal he was working out.
Another time we were at Mimi's Cafe and we were listening to somebody talking about all kinds of cheese, he finally said, "Well, if you don't like Gouda you just don't know anything." I was offended because Gouda is gross so I whipped my head around and the guy who said it could not have been older than 10! I almost waited for him outside of the restaurant to tell him that HE didn't know anything. Kate talked me out of it.
This next story I'm going to tell you is about one of my failures.
I was with Kate and Krissy at Dino's:
(actual photo)
this is a very tasty hole-in-the-wall type sub shop.
Anyway, there we were sitting at a booth. Kate and Krissy were on the other side of me and I was in the perfect position to eavesdrop on whoever decides to choose the seat behind me. We're sitting there a while and finally somebody sits behind me.
The three of us are in a conversation and slowly I start drifting off into eavesdropping - don't worry, Kate and Krissy have come to expect this, Krissy's sister does it too.
So I'm sitting there working really hard on listening to the people behind me and all I can hear is one person speaking softly. Needless to say I can't turn around to try to figure out what is going on so I just kept on listening.
Before I knew it I was eavesdropping on the conversation Kate and Krissy were having. I felt pretty dumb and admitted to them that I had failed. Kate laughed as she explained that the person behind me was hearing impaired and they were using sign language.
Neither of them told me that while I was trying to eavesdrop...at least they both had a good laugh at my expense.
So there, that's my favorite hobby.
7 comments:
Okay the 10 year old with the gouda obsession - he must not have a loving mother that fills him with Kraft macaroni. I didn't know other kinds of cheeses other than blue box macaroni and sliced american even existed until I was at least 14.
It's 10 year old gouda lovers that make me an eavesdropper at times too! (o:
im cracking up on the gouda quote, between your post and liz at mabels house im having a pretty hilarious lunch break/blog reading session.
I will admit to doing a bit of evesdropping on ocassion myself. Back in my working days, I enjoyed listing in while in the airport or on airplanes. Helped keep me entertained.
How funny! I'm not much of an evesdropper, but my husband is!!
Evesdropper, is that a word?? I'm too lazy to look it up.
What a fun post. Sometimes you can't help but eavesdrop with so many people wandering around with their cell phones.
hugs to you.
Barb
P.s. You deserve the award!
Haha! Unless you know sign language, it's a little hard to eavesdrop on that conversation :)
I find that I eavesdrop a lot as well. I'm a people watcher and that goes hand in hand with eavesdropping!
My favorite hobby? Hmm... I'll have to get back to you on that one!
i know this was posted over a month ago but i had to think of you while evesdropping on 2 old ladies in the post office today
old lady #1: well, you know i think hes getting a little bit of the oldtimers (yes, you heard it secondhand correctly "oldtimers")
old lady#2: oh i have worked with harry(not his real name, names have been changed to protect the innocent, and possibly forgetful) hes a good man
old lady #1: oh no not him, his brother, you know he is letting his son run the business and hes just run up all the credit cards to , oh who knows where.
and i cant say why old lady #1 was so intent on getting this scandalous information out in the open but man, was she determined.
well it was funnier at the time, i guess you had to be there.
oh and by the way, between the teen babysitter and me the gouda quote is still uttered at times and certain to bring on fits of laughter especially if written on a church program and passed as a note.
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