Ninja

Admittedly, there are a ton of people who are absolute ninjas at doing things; and I am not one of them. They are too slick and sneaky, and you don't even know that they've done something until quite some time after. And then there are those people who try to be ninjas, but just fail miserably.

Multiple instances this year, I saw someone trying to be all sneaky by acting rather casual; but in the way that the person did it, it could not possibly have been more obvious that he is trying to listen to see what's going on. Normally, I don't mind when someone is trying to check up on me to see how I'm doing. I'm usually quite open to sharing things if I am ever asked, but there's always a line that you just can't cross. The line, of course, differs from people to people depending on your relationship with them.

The worst is when I am having a good conversation with someone, and then the person starts to appear within the vicinity. By trying to stare down and flipping some pages to look like he isn't trying to listen in, it makes me want to pull out my hair. Wouldn't that be a lovely site? But yeah, when I get approached about the conversation I had later, you know that I totally feel violated.

Number one, if you want to join in the conversation, just join in. Unless I'm talking about you in a bad way, I don't really care. Second of all, even if I don't know you're trying to listen to me, why the heck would you approach me later by saying "I overheard you talking with... about..." When I get that, I just role my eyes and then have to begin explaining. By telling me that you overheard me talking to someone about something, you just revealed your invasion of my privacy. You may as well just tell me, "I was listening to you talk about... with... and I'm just wondering what was said?"

It makes absolutely no logical sense to me as to why someone would intentionally listen to your conversation from the outside, and then go and tell me that you were eavesdropping some time later. Because I work this way, it's like being a peeping tom and watching someone change, then telling them later that you were watching them change. Yeah, that's what it feels like. I don't understand.

Some people just weren't meant to be ninjas.