pet peeve numero uno: nosey people

Posted by yz on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in

Protection of Privacy Association (P.O.P.A.)
South African Offices
Govan Avenue
Private Bag X34065
ZAR

Dear Ms. Nosey

RE: Violation of our Client’s Privacy

Our client, Ms. Yz has brought it to our attention that you are in constant violation of her right to privacy, particularly regarding her personal device for calling and sending text messages commonly known as a cell phone or mobile, one Nokia 5310 with a cracked screen.

On March 18th at approximately 14h00 you asked to borrow said device to send a text message. After an appropriate message sending time you did not return the device as expected. Instead you proceeded to go through Ms. Yz’s call log, messages, photos, web history, and music library commenting and blue toothing liberally before finally returning the phone. You repeated this action many times on several other dates claiming to need to make a phone call, send a message, go quickly online and then going through the contents of Ms. Yz’s phone. Eventually you reached a point where you stopped making up excuses and started simply going through Ms. Yz’s phone at will.

With the intention of keeping your friendship intact, Ms. Yz then employed the security code options offered by her Nokia phone but to her dismay you failed to get the hint. On October 19th at 6pm she left her phone on the counter to wash dishes. At said time you picked up the phone found the security code window and typed in 1234 . When the phone rejected your code you then laughed and said,

“Kale, paranoia! First put in your security code. You must have something juicy in here, eh?”

It is on this note that the Protection of Privacy Association (P.O.P.A.) was approached for its services. Ms. YZ would like to make two points clear to avoid any future misunderstanding;

1. Firstly, with regards to her property, markedly one Nokia 5310 with a cracked screen, it is at her discretion whether or not you get to peruse the contents i.e. Do not go through her phone unless she said you could.
2. If you do ask to borrow her phone to make a call, send a message or check something important online please do ONLY the permitted action as determined by your question.

These two simple rules do not apply to her wallpaper, screen saver or current ringtone because they fall under the category of “on public display”.

Failure to comply will be at your own risk. Our client asks that we make it clear that she will not be responsible for her actions should she find you in violation of any of the above rules. The P.O.P.A has already contacted a doctor who will claim temporary insanity for our client. Do not take this as a threat but as advance notice that any action on your part in direct violation of the above requests will result in Ms. Yz’s reaction.

Best regards,

Mr. Freund Imaginären
Director of P.O.P.A


P.O.P.A does not exist and neither does that address or the director. Ms. Nosey is an exaggerated combination of a number of people who do exist, just not as one particular person. Similarity to reality in any way is purely coincidence….that should cover my donkey. Wassup peoples , :D