This Is Freaky....

[nevermore]

Eh, I'd just write a bunch of really insulting and offensive notes on pieces of paper, addressed to your stalker, crumple them up and toss them in the trash. That way you get to tell the asshole what you think about them in a way that you can't possibly get in trouble for, since they would have to admit to stalking you in order to complain. If it is, in fact, your supervisor rooting through your trash, and he has a problem with it then fuck it. You should quit anyway.

 

[JustKate]

Whoever's doing it wants Spot to know he's doing it - so it's not disciplinary, it's more of a twisted prank. A creepy twisted prank. So I don't think this is a sign that somebody distrusts you, Spot - because if that's the case, why make sure you know you're being watched? Whoever it is wants to creep you out. Not sure that's going to be a big comfort to you, but that's how I read it.

I think you should tell somebody. Tell your boss, and if that doesn't give you any satisfaction, tell his or her supervisor. There's something...not right about this. If you're halfway to quitting anyway, do you have that much to lose?

 

[RevdKathy]

Write something seriously psychotic like "The voices say someone is going through my trash and my PC. They say I'm being watched all the time. I must find a weapon to attack the watcher."

Then run a series of google searches for gun suppliers and obscure poisons and leave them in your browser history.

Then dust the page your wrote on with odourless talc before screwing it up.

Your stalker will suddenly realise he has better things to do.

 

[trekkiedane]

^Oooh, nice! i like the way your mind works!

-Remind me to never cross you, though!

 

[RJDiogenes]

Get one of those exploding red dye packs that banks use.

 

[Spot's Meow]

Well, I do actually stand to lose a lot if things got messy. I have to take internships for credit for my graduate program, and my supervisor/boss will be writing up a paper on how well I did. And I still have a whole year of internships to go, so I don't want to get any bad reputations.

I don't actually think they want me to know they're spying on me. I think they are just careless. The person I suspect has a habit of being this way, so I would think he is just really bad at being covert.

 

[trampledamage]

If he's your supervisor and a bit odd anyway, then he might not see it as spying on you, but merely think of it in terms of checking to see what you're doing.

If you've only got three weeks to go, I'd say ride it out. Don't say anything, don't do anything. Feel free to fantastize about bear-traps in the trash-bin though

 

[SicOne]

Whoever's doing it wants Spot to know he's doing it - so it's not disciplinary, it's more of a twisted prank. A creepy twisted prank. So I don't think this is a sign that somebody distrusts you, Spot - because if that's the case, why make sure you know you're being watched? Whoever it is wants to creep you out. Not sure that's going to be a big comfort to you, but that's how I read it.

I think you should tell somebody. Tell your boss, and if that doesn't give you any satisfaction, tell his or her supervisor. There's something...not right about this. If you're halfway to quitting anyway, do you have that much to lose?

Write something seriously psychotic like "The voices say someone is going through my trash and my PC. They say I'm being watched all the time. I must find a weapon to attack the watcher."

Then run a series of google searches for gun suppliers and obscure poisons and leave them in your browser history.

Then dust the page your wrote on with odourless talc before screwing it up.

Your stalker will suddenly realise he has better things to do.

Maybe you have someone who is romantically interested but shy going through your stuff, trying to get to know you or know more about you. Before they decide to kill you, a la Glenn Close from "Fatal Attraction".

You don't own any rabbits, do you?...

RevdKathy, sounds like you've been through this situation before?

 

[SicOne]

I guess it's all good until you come home from work and find a dead woodchuck stapled to your front door, with a note that says "Unlike this woodchuck, my love for you will never die".

 

[Australis]

Anywhere you can hide a lipstick cam? Or a small video recorder? Might be a bit much to get one with a movement sensor trigger, so the taking a photo every 10-15 secs is a good idea.

But I do like the dye pack idea.

 

[TheSeeker]

At a local toystore there is a cool little camera that attaches to your pet's collar and then automatically takes a picture every few seconds and then you can see where your pet went all day.

Now that is cool! I want one for each of my cats now! Do you have a link?

 

[RevdKathy]

RevdKathy, sounds like you've been through this situation before?

No, just a lot of experience with real live psychotics.

 

[Lookingglassman]

T'Bonz did it. She is more than a Romulan. She is Big Brother.

 

[Starbreaker]

Did you visit a Star Wars website? TrekBBS does not approve and is stalking you!

 

[The Grim Ghost]

I wouldn't freak out too much. I've had something similar happen twice in the last 5 years or so. Both times it happened in my home when I was 100% sure nobody else was there.

Computers do occasionally have weird almost unexplainable hiccups.

 

[archeryguy1701]

You guys must take some pretty drastic measures at your jobs when you notice something go missing.

You should hear what happens when I finally find out who it is...

 

[Angry Angel]

Just start calling the computer "Hal" and see what happens...

It's far worse than that