Be careful little mouth what you say.. May 22, 2008

Tonight I learned a great lesson.  Sometimes people say things without thinking who could be listening. I don’t mean this in a creepy stalker type way but instead in a common sense way. Tonight, I invited one of the girls who work for me over to watch a new show on fox, “So you think you can dance.” Little did I know she was just obliging me by accepting my invitation.  Well it was a little after eight, the time which the show had started, I went to get my laptop because I needed to work on some homework. As I was walking out of my apartment, she was walking into her dorm room where she is staying this summer. I heard, “she wants me to watch some stupid two hour show about dancing and I don’t think I can do that.” At first, I thought well, she certainly didn’t mean for me to hear this. The more I have pondered this comment, the more I have thought that people say things without even thinking.  I sure we have all made this same mistake. Afterwards, we feel awful because we found out they heard us. The problem here is she has no idea that I was even around. The reason being my office connects to her room by a bathroom so if anyone is talking in there I can hear.   What this has taught me is to be extremely careful about what I say anytime, anywhere. Jonathan blogged on a similar topic here. So, tonight’s lesson is to always always be careful about what you say when talking where someone you don’t expect could be listening.