Something I overheard

[NightTimeForever]

So, I was working in my area tonight, and I heard a conversation of co-workers in the next aisle. It went like:

Person1: Have you seen J (our manager) tonight, haven't seen her since I picked up my check"

Person2: Yeah (fades out)

The some mumbling before I heard:

Person1: Yea apparently this guy was looking at her when she and her boyfriend were walking around.
Person2: That dude is messed up

Now, this got me to thinking of many, many months ago when she was in the store w/ her boyfriend, walking around, and I was doing my best to avoid them, but she turned and looked at me anyway. I just hope those two co-workers weren't referring to me.

I asked that guy who they were talking about a few minutes later, he said he didn't remember/seemed confused, but his eyes went to the floor so I don't know if he was lying or not.

Plus, this manager almost always comes up and says hi to me, or comes up to me about random things about work, so if she really thought I was a creep she would avoid me right?

Gah, I don't know what to think, I just don't want someone thinking I'm messed up when I wasn't trying to do anything at all. Any advice as to how I can find out if they were spreading rumours about me, without seeming too obvious?

 

[ripewithdecay]

Um, last i heard it wasn't illegal to look at somebody.

In all honesty, I think you're being just a little too paranoid.
Stop yourself from worrying/thinking about it anymore.
Im sure those people have better things to do than spread rumours about you.

 

[Hoth]

Any advice as to how I can find out if they were spreading rumours about me, without seeming too obvious?

Don't. Ambiguous things are said every day, you can't investigate them, you have to assume they're not talking about you until someone says they are.

I get that feeling sometimes. I just try to tell myself it's irrational.

 

[NightTimeForever]

Um, last i heard it wasn't illegal to look at somebody.

In all honesty, I think you're being just a little too paranoid.
Stop yourself from worrying/thinking about it anymore.
Im sure those people have better things to do than spread rumours about you.

Hey, I can't help being messed up, the paranoia I mean. But, the thing is people do spread rumors everyday.

Also, it was the "that dude is messed up" thing that got to me. It might not've been about me, but I brought that manager up twice (for work-related reasons) and he seemed to act oddly about it. I really hate it when I think someone is thinking of me negatively behind my back.

 

[SpartanEL]

Unfortunately, this is one of the things us SA folks go through, always thinking something else might be about us. From what I read, I doubt they were talking about you.

 

[NightTimeForever]

Unfortunately, this is one of the things us SA folks go through, always thinking something else might be about us. From what I read, I doubt they were talking about you.

Maybe not, and I didn't hear "exactly" what they said, but it really sounded like that. But, still, there is that nagging feeling there.

I remember when I first started, two co-workers (one a manager) were calling me stupid. I confronted the manager about it, and she actually admitted to me that she had said that, the old witch. So, sometimes ppl are talking about you.

 

[dottie]

i totally understand that nagging feeling. ugh. s.a. sucks. it's a catch 22. it's like you want to be accepted as normal and just another team player so much that it makes you stand out and makes people look at you differently, negatively. i feel like i am dealing with the same thing at my workplace, although i suspect i am on the brink of being fired. you are very ballsy to confront those you suspect are talking about you! usually when i overhear things i will experience that paranoia and be 99.9% convinced these things are about me but i don't have the balls to say anything. i just pretend it doesn't happen because i am a coward.

 

[NightTimeForever]

i totally understand that nagging feeling. ugh. s.a. sucks. it's a catch 22. it's like you want to be accepted as normal and just another team player so much that it makes you stand out and makes people look at you differently, negatively. i feel like i am dealing with the same thing at my workplace, although i suspect i am on the brink of being fired. you are very ballsy to confront those you suspect are talking about you! usually when i overhear things i will experience that paranoia and be 99.9% convinced these things are about me but i don't have the balls to say anything. i just pretend it doesn't happen because i am a coward.

I was more concerned with this most recent event. I don't want them thinking that of me.