No, NOT eavesdropping. Eavesdropping is an intentional thing, whereas you don't mean to overhear a conversation...you just do. So anyway. I'm at Bookmans today just wandering the aisles and to see if anything sparks my interest when I overhear a conversation. This conversation is between a boy of about 10 and an older-ish lady (I'm guessing grandmother). The conversation is as follows (more or less, I can't remember exactly what was said):
[Lady pulling boy away from the history section.]
Boy: But I wanted to get a book about the Civil War.
Lady: Then get a good fiction novel to learn about the Civil War.
Boy: Fiction is stupid.
I really wanted to smack the lady. Now I'm wondering if she dragged him over to the "historical romance" section.
Posted by Beth at January 31, 2009 08:02 PMi love eavesdropping on people in public places. i don't go out of my way to do it, but if some jerk offs are sitting behind me at a restaurant and airing out all their dirty details, i'll usually listen for a bit if the conversation with my dinner company is in a lull ;)
about a few weeks ago bill and i went to kerby lane and i listened to some woman talk about her sister and what a horrible women she was becuase she was in labor and was being really mean to the medical staff. it was pretty entertaining ;)
Posted by: feliciab at February 24, 2009 09:18 AM