I pride myself on not eavesdropping, or sticking my nose into other's business. It is amazing though how much people are willing to share rather audibly in a public place. So I will add another installment to my continuing "things overheard series". Yesterday I was privileged to overhear two such conversations....
1. A doctor's office with my daughter for a dermatology appointment. Pretty routine. However the gentlemen standing behind us in the waiting room decided to respond to a question that I'm assuming was "how are you doing?" from another patient in rather graphic detail. Let's just say I now know more about open wounds and sores than I cared to ever know. Ewwwwww
2. Sitting at a meeting at a high school waiting for it to start. A group sits behind us with once again a simple question "how are you doing?" being asked. I now know the details of this woman's gall bladder and upcoming surgery AND prep work than necessary. Mercifully the meeting started before it became more graphic.
Note to the public: When someone asks you how you're doing, I'm gonna guess that 95% don't want to know the exact graphic details of everything (the other 5% being your doctor). Also, when you share, remember that there are people around you that can overhear EVERYTHING - please be discreet.
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