I took the bus after class today in search of a good place to eavesdrop on people. I decided to try my luck at Fred Meyer East in the deli area. I arrived there at around noon which ended up being the perfect time, because alot of people stop there to eat lunch. I found myself a table after getting some baked chicken and Jo Jo's and got out my note pad trying not to look too inconspicuous.
It wasn't long and three guys came and sat down at the table diagonal from mine and one said "I am going to have to shovel my roof off with all this snow we got this week!" The next guy said "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing." The third guy said, "Well I was up on my roof shoveling snow and the shingles are so old that my feet couldn't get traction so they just went out from under me and I slid off the roof..... My room mate came out and said, "did you just fall off the roof man?" "No I jumped." The first guy says, I wonder if my insurance would cover if my roof caved in?"
This is how it could be taken, Three friends go out to lunch to discuss how they are going to collect on a big insurance settlement. They are using "shoveling the roof" as a cover up. Everyone that is listening to them thinks they are talking about shoveling snow, but that is a cover for what they really have planned.
Context can be easily misconstrued. It reminds me of "Three's Company" Mr. Furley was always eavesdropping on Jack, and what was an innocent conversation got totally blown out of proportion. It is very important to be clear in what you write.
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