Eavesdropping irritates me to no end!
By SomeCowgirl
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
United States
July 1, 2011 7:09am CST
Online or Offline. Of course online it's through another site that I participate it. I tell the people it irritates me and some just find it hilarious that it does. I feel like it's a matter of respect. Read what I say, sure, but don't comment on it if it wasn't directed at you. On this note, if I've talked to you about it before / if I trust you, then by all means say something about it, I'm not going to get mad (most likely / unless I am in a bad mood) but if I haven't then all your going to get from me is yelled at.
People eavesdrop / are nosey around me all the time and it irritates me so much. I hate it, and I can't really do much about it right now. However, online you bet your bottom dollar you're going to get an earful from me.
Anyone else have this pet peeve?
6 responses
@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jul 11
I don't like eavedroppers or people that horn in. In my discussions sometimes people answer my responses as if it were their discussion. That irritates me. Ofcourse they have a right to their response but not like they know it all and are answering instead of me. And, I dislike it when people answer with "yes, your right." Like they know all and are okaying my response as correct. Ugh! It bugs me. I hope they don't really mean it that way and that I am just misreading it.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
9 Jul 11
You know those who respond back to a person before you can respond back to them on your own discussion is irrtating, especially if they answer it as if it was you. I hope you know what I mean. I mean in the "matter of fact, know it all" sense. I've commented back on a coment from a response on a discussion (phew mouthful!) I've read thinking it was the discussion starter responding when in fact it wasn't. If I am going to comment before the discussion starter has a chance to, I try to do it in a way that doesn't make it seem as if I am taking over the response, or am the discussion starter. It's just rude to do it any other way, if you know what I mean.
In any case, I know sometimes the "yes, your right" responders only say things like that because they are running out of things to say.
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Jul 11
I do know just what you mean. I find it alittle rude.
@bounce58 (17380)
• Canada
9 Jul 11
I see that on facebook all the time. Random people on somebody's friend's list making a comment on something they are not privvy to. I guess the poster made a mistake of making the comment on the wall, letting everybody see it.
I do hate it too!
And couldn't care for people that do!
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
9 Jul 11
Oh yeah that is annoying. I don't ever do that or try not to. If I'm not privvy to it and it's a real good friend I'll ask, but if it's just an acquaintance I won't ask, I'll just ignore it (or be nosey about it secretly / by reading all the comments).
What annoys me is "like" people! That button is overused!
@randylovesdar (4932)
• United States
1 Jul 11
I hate people like that too. My sister in law is like that also. Then when she does offer her two cents (even when not asked) she either give out wrong information or tells you what to do. I remember telling an aunt of mine that we have a 10 year mortgage and my sister in law says 10 years is a long time to pay off mortage and that our bank ripped us off because nobody has a 10 year mortgage. Everybody has a mortgage of 5 years or less. I have never heard of a 5 year mortgage. My sister in law assumes that my husband and I are struggling and that we should get rid of all bills including the power and the city bill. I am not sure how anyone can live without power and how they can go without showering.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
1 Jul 11
That sort of reminds me of a cousin of mine. She thinks she knows everything, lies about quite a lot, and buts in and tries to be the mother to everything, even her own mother. I've lost respect for her a lot of the times because of this. She just thinks she can run everything and one day she'll realize that's just not going to happen.
@Memnon (2170)
•
4 Jul 11
Sure it's irritating, but not quite that much for me. I find people getting into my space a real annoyance, along with those who just don't listen. Today I had a short discussion with someone about solar panels. We had looked into the options, and made our decision. We could not afford to buy our own panels, and I had made this clear at the beginning of the conversation, but he continually returned to buying panels. Some people! 
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
9 Jul 11
It sounds like the fellow is a natural born salesman as that is what they like to do! Of course if he was it's his job to try to get you to buy the panels. I think it's instructables.com that has tutorials on how to make your own solar panels. I think solar panels are wonderful things as it helps cut cost on electricity (or elimiante it if you have so many panels etc) and it also HELPS the environment which is a big plus for me.
I deal with nosey people all the time and so it's a big pet peeve for me.
@BalthasarTheRat (656)
• United States
1 Jul 11
Offline is an irritation, of course, but online is a different potato.
If you private message someone then you can expect a little privacy from a conversation, but chat rooms and chat windows in online games, for example, are invitations for anyone to jump in. Most actually think they are helping, even if they are offering advice that makes no sense. Some are probably just looking for more friends online and think jumping into a conversation might get them one or two.
I don't intrude on other's conversations unless they open the discussion to the room in general, like we do when we post here on MyLot, however I don't think TOO badly about the ones that jump in unless they are purely heckling.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
1 Jul 11
The place I am talking about uses tags, and I tag the people as I chat with them, I know it might seem a bit over the top / over reacting of me but I feel like you should respect the person and only respond to what THEY say to you. Mylot is a diferent story, if you're not ready to be an open book here then there's no reason to be here, that's atleast what I think when it comes to here.
@nordqvist11 (118)
• Mexico
9 Jul 11
Yeah I know I hate it when people butt into other peoples conversations. Once I was in class and I was chatting to my friend about the new Transformers movie that just came out when suddenly the teacher said "Ahh yeah that movie sucks". I mean come on man, I didn't even ask you your opinion, so don't go and tell me something I don't need to know.
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