I found a piece of paper in the printer at work. It looked like the second page of a personal letter. I read it. I feel sorta guilty, but it was there in plain sight! It was a manager’s annual Christmas family newsletter.
Do you do this? Should I be more ashamed? Do you have any stories to tell of stuff you shouldn’t have done?
Hey, I’m here, aren’t I? I read every TMI thread that comes across my screen… I guess it doesn’t really count as being nosy to read the information people are freely offering, but the sheer quantity makes up for the low-nosiness level.
I’m reminded of something my Dad taught me, when he was teaching me how to play cards when I was a kid. He showed me how to hold a handful of cards, and then he said, “If you hold your hand where I can see it, I’m going to look.”
This has been my philosophy ever since, and it’s gotten me into a little trouble from time to time…
I always like to be “in the know” - okay, okay “nosy”.
I rarely ever USE the information for anything, but I like to feel like I’m in the loop.
One time, I do confess, I picked up a market analyst’s report off the printer - whoever printed it had forgotten about it. It was chock full of good information about my company’s product. Certainly that’s not FORBIDDEN information, but it was certainly something that I wouldn’t have otherwise seen.
I don’t know that I’m nosy so much as curious.
When someone gets fired (or banned) I want the whole story.
I doubt I will get it, but I still wonder.
That’s exactly how I feel. I am definitely nosy, and pick up information, but it’s more for my own knowledge and I don’t spread it around. If anything, it helps me understand political situations and be more sensitive to issues. I put my foot in my mouth less, so that’s a good thing.
well , have you ever been at someone house, and the medicine cabiniet is open? It was either me or my mom who opened it, making sure there was no fungus cream.
If someone says ‘you don’t want to know’ do you believe them?
I’m starting to learn to…
Look, I can’t help it if I happen to be in a position such as a persons bedroom and a sealed letter happens to be in a locked draw with padlocks and I just happen to have broken the padlocks and slipped and slashed the letter open and it flies out and whilst I try to catch it it manages to unfold and whilst I attempt to put it back I happen to read every single word including full stops and the signiture of the author and minor details like the time and date and postage price.
It’s not my fault if every moron leaves his house door unlocked.
I’m much too nosy: I have this very compelling “need to know,” at least in my own mind.
It’s good to know who’s doing what to who as long as you keep it to yourself. It’s never gotten me in trouble, yet.
None of your business! 
Xavier LMAO!
AmbushBug 
Oh yeah , I know that I know it in the back of my head , but what does TMI stand for ?
Too Much…(fill in the blank - go on, take a guess)
Too much information.
I always get told stuff. Because I can keep my mouth shut. Most times I kinda like it because it’s fun to be “in the know,” but sometimes you hear things you wish you hadn’t.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… I get it. Thank you.
::hops away happily::
i am absolutely AWFUL about going checking the caller id of the recent calls whenever my boyfriend leaves his cell lying around. i don’t even know why i do it, it’s not like i’m looking for anything bad. break me of this habit!
i blame my mother. not a nosy person in general, but dagummit, she had to know all!
I would say I am normally nosy. Like Ethilrist’s dad, if you leave something lying around, I’ll look at it. I live by the adage “Knowledge is power”, so I try to learn things when I can; I don’t go snooping for private things, however. If you say “don’t look in here”, then leave me with the thing unlocked, I won’t look.
How boring!
I’m not that nosy. I like to know what’s going on, and it really bothers me when I don’t, but I will never do much more than ask the people in question about it, and always stop short of being intrusive (or at least I try to). If someone doesn’t want me to know, I leave it at that (although it drives me crazy trying to figure it out).
I do however often to my best to find things out through publicly (and relatively easily) available. Looking at peoples names on folders, casual questions, etc. Nothing major, just being aware of things.
Hmmm. I guess I am as nosy as the next person, at least in some contexts, but not all the time.
One of my most common phrases at work (a pit of idle gossip) is, “I am so out of the loop. I am always the last person to know.” And I am. And I don’t mind as as general rule. I usually don’t want to know. So much of the bullshit at work is idle gossip, lies, or personal stuff that I don’t really care all that much about, or would find distressing if I knew.
And there are times when I am mildly curious about something, but not enough to bestir myself to ask, or to take pains to find out (even though investigating would not really be over-the-top nosy). I just let it go, or wait until someone decides to tell me.
But, there are other times where someone says something that piques my interest, and I will pester them until they tell me. It all depends on what kind of thing it is. If I feel it may impact on me in a significant way (or if I feel it’ll help me understand someone better) then I am more apt to be nosy.