Juiciest conversation/message exchange you've accidentally overheard/seen

[Echobelly]

For a bit of fun, have you ever heard a conversation or seen an exchange of messages that you're not supposed to but you can't help tuning into?

About a year ago I was next to an older guy on the tube who was typing out a furious email, presumably to an adult child, along the lines of 'Your grandfather would be ashamed, the businesses of [Family Name] has to be passed on....' and things along those lines. I just caught a glance of it and was transfixed. Serious family melodrama! The whole tone of it was like something from a vintage TV series, I honestly didn't think anyone actually talked (typed?) like that anymore.

Some people have little or no self awareness when sharing personal information in public spaces. 🙄

On a bus home from school in my teens - Star Trek Next Generation was airing for the first time - one very elderly lady to another very elderly lady: “I don’t quite believe all that stuff they show on Star Trek. Surely we’d have met some of these other people by now if it was true.”

Years ago my family had an air band radio, to listen to air traffic control and aircraft. But it also randomly picked up conversations when car mobile phones were a thing. The amount of people having affairs…

no wonder the saying loose lips sinks battle ships is still true today

Couple of summers ago my neighbours were sitting in the garden drinking too much wine and started talking about their sex life, or lack of sex life.

I very quick slammed my windows shut despite the 30 degree heat.

Neither neighbour is what you would call a bonnie bairn.🤢

On a train to Liverpool with family and friends a young woman was talking to another passenger about how unfair it was that social services had taken her child, apparently it was OK that she had taken her child to a pub where had a fight with another woman while drunk because she'd left the pram outside and that someone had driven drunk with her child because she'd given them permission!!. dd1+2 got a bit of an education.

We couldn't help but hear as she was practically shouting

I once came into the office to find a voicemail on my work landline, left at 3am. It was an older man speaking, hugely upset, slightly drunk, saying ‘this was the last chance of happiness for either of them, if she wanted to leave together he’d meet her whenever & wherever she told him to, they’d start a new life, but if she didn’t reply he’d never contact her again’. Had no idea who this person was, totally random call, and no idea what to do. Felt hugely inappropriate to do anything but delete and ignore this raw personal moment, but huge burden knowing that if I left it then he might think the mystery woman was choosing not to be with him, when maybe she DID want to run away together! Cue lots of pacing the office, asking my best, trusted work friend to come and listen and help me decide what to do. We thought we couldn’t leave it, so I called the number back - he answered! Absolute panic - and gabbled really quickly “I-had-a-voicemail-on-this-number-last-night-but-that-person-isn’t-on-this-number-so-they-didn’t-receive-your-message” (deep breath!) , to which he said “what do you mean, I don’t know what you mean” (sounded mortified and cross), so I rattled out the same line about the person not getting the message, ending with “just thought you should know bye!” and slammed the phone down. 20 years later I still don’t know if that was the right choice, but at least he wasn’t waiting for an answer that never came. The most intense first hour in an office day EVER!

Not juicy but I once lived in a place with fairly thin walls and my neighbours argued A LOT. Could never overly hear anything specific that was interesting… except quite a few times, it seemed they were arguing about spaghetti! Once she actually locked him out and threw clothes out the window, all over spaghetti. Never caught what the actual issue was, just the word “spaghetti” a lot and “it’s always her” was a frequent phrase (was spaghetti a nickname? Or a meal he shared with another woman???)

Honestly the most interesting set of arguments I’ve overheard purely because it’s a total mystery to me!

I was with a boy when we were young (16) for about 4 years. He cheated on me multiple times, the final straw was when he slept with my best friend. Years later we’ve all moved on and I realised his Facebook login is still somehow saved on my phone. I saw in his messages he has slept with a married man and he had messages from him saying “don’t worry dh will never find out”. Ex also has a new girlfriend at this point. I suppose what they say is true? Once a cheater..

When I was a student I lived for a bit in a terrible flat with the thinnest windows- even when they were closed the curtains would flap in the breeze and I could hear loads of noise from the street below. One night I overheard my boss standing underneath my window discussing her secret engagement! I had to spend weeks pretending not to know anything about it until they finally announced it

Not juicy but classic ‘overheard in SW London’ territory:

At my son’s sports club a girl of about 10 to her coach:

’……it was so scary, there was a power cut, and it was when all the dads were out shooting pheasants….’

I mean, obviously, where else would the dads be on a summer weekend?!

I passed a couple who were bickering in the street.
Him: Why fucking not?
Her: I'm still sore from when you fucked my arse last time!

Walking past my shop two young girls; 'I told you she was a lesbian'
when door is open you hear some fascinating conversations!

More odd than juicy:

I was sat outside a bar in Riga, on an neighbouring table were two men, both American, both dressed identically in white jeans and black jacket with sunglasses (like some sort of piss poor Smiths cover band). One looked like he was about 50 and the other about 20.

Their entire conversation was about A. How much they mutually thought that Europe was a shithole. B. How much nicer Europe was under Communism. C. The older man telling the younger about all the sexy Eastern Europeans he had shagged as a young man.

All of this was discussed in a monotone, while they both sounded bored shitless. By the end I refused to belive they were real people and not part of some avant-garde street theater.

Love this!

In summer, with our French windows wide open, I was agog to hear a blazing row from the neighbours - though TBH the only voice I really heard - at epic volume! - was his.

‘I’m not fucking shagging anyone else, OK?? I’m fucking up to here, I’ve got no fucking money…’. etc. etc.

I was on my iPad anyway, so naturally was instantly emailing dh (away for work at the time) with all the juicy details.

The couple split up and moved away not long afterwards.

Why the fuck are people reading what's on other peoples' phones? You're scum of the earth.

Some years ago I was on holiday abroad with my husband & our young children. My phone rang with a number I didn't recognise. I was worried it could be from the Cattery or a problem our house so I answered. It was a woman who excitedly told me that she really enjoyed Saturday night and would love to see me again. When I was able to get word in I told her that she must have the wrong number. She swore then hung up.
I later received a text message saying that she had called but "some bird answered, was that your missus?"
I texted back to say I'm sorry but you have the wrong number.
Over the next few I had many nasty texts & a voicemail telling me that I should keep my nose out!
I have no idea whether the bloke had deliberately given her the wrong number but I blocked it.

And no it wasn't my dh as he was away with me on Saturday night! 😆

🤣🤣 What a reaction! Someone has been sexting like crazy then.

🤢

Waiting for a lift, just as the doors open a young man on the phone, already in the lift said 'he bit my nipple so hard I shot my load' I couldn't help but laugh as I stepped into the lift, he gave a bit of a laugh and then went bright red.

Scum of the earth? In a world with bigots, racists, violence, abuse, murderers and more? Really?

Are you ok there?

Really wondering what you have been texting to react like that 😵‍💫

Also can’t think of any but am enjoying reading!

EDIT: @JohnLapsleyParlabane really want to know if it was you in @Itslookinglikeabeautifulday ‘s post!

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