Eavesdroppers

Are they dangerous?

This week, I heard that a relative of mine has some kind of scanner that allows him to listen to, and record, people's cell phone conversations. He has no job, so all he does all day is spy on his ex-wife, girlfriend, sister, mother, cousins, and neighbors. The person who told me was one of the people being spied on. She had recently figured it out and wanted me to know. So, I contacted two of the others to warn them. Now, the interesting part was their reactions. They didn't respond by saying, "No, he wouldn't do that." Or, "No, that's crazy." They responded by saying it made sense. All three of them, named specific incidences where he knew things that had been said in private phone conversations with people that he either doesn't know or doesn't talk to. All three said that suddenly, it all made sense.

I've only seen things like this on TV where the person later attacked the people he was spying on. Is that what this is? Is this obsessive behavior? Is this person dangerous or is he just a pest?