This Troper's friend has a big talent for dropping Cluster F Bombs while a teacher stands right behind him.

Unfortunate TruthInTelevision for this troper, who experienced this with a roommate at a summer camp once. Cringe.

This troper had done a chatroom verison, insulting a very obnoxious {{Godmodder|s}}/{{Soap Box Sadie}} type -- only for others to PM the troper to tell her to shut up because "B" was in the room. Fortunately they were usually AFK, but sometimes they're not.

This troper bore witness to a real life subversion: Before class began, a student got up and gave an unflattering imitation of the teacher (imitators of this guy were a dime a dozen and this was some what mundane). The true humor of the incident begins when the imitator believed it was a fellow classmate who was walking in the door and continued to give his mocking. The rest of the class began to muffle silently as the "fellow classmate" was really the teacher and he proceeded to make his way all the way to the window sill in the back of the room, unnoticed by the imitator. Hilarity ensued to be sure.

This Troper came to the conclusion after a particularly unfortunate week that this is the best way to summon teachers: start insulting them and they will always appear.

This troper once sang an unflattering song about a teacher in a particularly echo-y part of his intermediate school during one lunchtime. Only for the teacher to walk past about 100 metres away at the exact same time. Luckily, he was partially deaf, so he probably didn't hear.

This troper went to take a class in college with a completely new professor there for just two years. He sat down and waited, and more than five minutes into the class's starting time, people were starting to mutter about where the professor was (this troper cannot recall if he was one of them). Surprise surprise as, suddenly, the older gentleman sitting ''right behind'' this troper (older students are pretty common at this school, and so not given a second glance) got up and introduced himself as the professor, testing our patience and reactions and awareness (he was the best-dressed of us all, and right next to the door, so everyone would have seen him). Said professor went on to be the coolest teacher this troper has ever had, though, through three different classes.

This troper has a professor who was going to try this, made even better by that he looks young enough to be a student taking the class. He hasn't because there's usually people taking his classes who know who he is prior to taking his class because he's just that awesome (two classes for this troper, and a third in the future).

This female editor had (and still has) a huge crush on her Junior High School history teacher. Once, when me and my friend were walking away from cafeteria I started to fawn about him in stairway. "Oh Ann, he is so hot! I positively love his hair and those eyes, he is so wonderfull and manly." Then I randomly look to the railing, and behind my hand I see strangely familiar hand of a man...I quite literally felt OhCrap and I must've been completely red. The thing is that I have done this TWICE! I need to learn to keep my mouth shut in the right places.

This troper saw it happen: a co-worker saw a problem in the making and jumped in to fix everything, but our boss noticed the problem just after this and started haranguing her as though it were her fault. When she got a break, she went into the next room to confide in another co-worker (her sister, in fact) about how b**** y the boss was being. The boss, meanwhile, was following her to apologize for being so unfair to her. The sister stared in horror at our boss standing not three inches behind my co-worker as she went on and on and on... When she finally noticed the look on her sister's face and turned around, well, we heard the shriek three rooms away.

This troper once replied to a co-worker's stated intention to hand a problem off to a manager, whom she had seen leave earlier, with a loud and clear "Don't give it to Manager, he'll only f*** it up"..... only to have Manager emerge '''from under a desk''' right ''next to'' the door because he had apparently climbed underneath to check the power strip of a computer that had just died seconds before he ''would'' have left. She mostly managed to play it off as a joke but was almost forced to kill the co-worker for laughing so hard that he fell out of his chair, however the fact that she couldn't decide if that hurt or helped the joke defense spared his life. Thankfully Manager in question technically worked in a different division and thus had no way to seek retribution, and was transferred a few months later. (The fact that it wasn't a tactful observation doesn't mean it wasn't an accurate one.)

This troper's father has been around to hear things she'd rather he didn't so many times she's developed a slight paranoia regarding him; she can usually tell when he's standing behind her and is incredibly careful when she knows he's nearby (this is also a side effect of his relentless teasing and bothering bordering on torture and child abuse if it was to be taken seriously). Unfortunately, this doesn't give her the sense towards other people. While she generally watches what she says, there was a time where she managed to get paired up with a snooty nerd she can't stand listening to because of the way he speaks condescendingly in two different classes. The second time was for an impromptu cooking activity in Japanese class, and she wasn't pleased that she wasn't paired with one of her friends. She voiced her annoyance to a friend, not really paying attention to the level of her voice or his proximity. Cue him stating "if you're going to complain about someone, do it while they aren't in earshot." She felt rightfully embarrassed and has yet to speak with him since.

Are you my long-lost sister? My dad's the same way with the teasing, and... just... ARGH!

In this troper's computer programming class, he was having a discussion about the game GearsOfWar. One person, sitting near him, was annoying him, so I compared the length of the game to the size of his penis (which I don't do very often). The guy started laughing, loudly, as did a few others. Knowing it couldn't've been my joke, I turned around. Lo and behold, my teacher was standing directly behind me.

One of my former classmates managed to somehow invert this by starting to talk about me without noticing that I was ''in front'' of her.

This troper's father managed one of these. He had a teacher/professor (can't remember whether it was high school or college) that always sat on a metal stool. One day, my father got to class early with a plan to rig the stool and desk for electricity so that when the teacher sat and put his hands on the desk, he'd get a shock. As he's fiddling around under the desk, he suddenly hears the pre-class chatter go strangely silent, followed by his intended victim's voice: "That won't work, , you have an insufficient ground."

This troper has run into this one a couple of times. His father would berate him for being too loud, and now creeps around almost silently (the troper, not the dad). It's usually something mundane if conversations are ever about me.

This troper graphically described 2girls1cup with his head of sixth form standing directly behind him.

This troper and her friend were at a birthday party of a classmate whose house is ENORMOUS. While hanging out in the pool, the friend said "Wow, (classmate)'s parents are either really rich or really in debt!" Classmate's mother was, naturally, standing just behind her.

This troper went out to dinner with her mother and complained about how immature a kid in her Latin class was acting. Now, HE wasn't in the restaurant, but his MOTHER was- and she didn't hear- and this troper was totally shocked to see her there

This troper once loudly asked how long her maths teacher had had a pole up her ass. Said teacher was about two metres away and couldn't possibly have missed it.

ThisTroper had some friends who were bad-mouthing another girl on a bus after returning from a summer camp years ago. ThisTroper didn't like the girl being bad-mouthed particularly, but she's always very careful to be friendly to EVERYONE, no exceptions. (One of her many mottoes is "if you don't like somebody, it's your fault, not theirs.") She can't stand bullying of any sort, but she was pretty spineless back then so she just stayed out of the conversation rather than telling her friends to stop it. One of them asked something along the lines of, "Hey, ThisTroper, isn't (Girl-Being-Badmouthed) annoying?" ThisTroper muttered something like, "Yeah, I guess, yeah, she is..." One friend then noticed that the poor girl was sitting in the seat behind us. ThisTroper felt so bad she still has nightmares about it, years later.

Happened to this troper too, although slightly differently. Her most vivid memory of Year 8 is being teased horribly while playing a game ("Maybe you'd play better if you had a boyfriend.") and storming off. She heard someone following her, turned around and yelled "FUCK OFF!" Turns out the one who was following her was the one person who was actually nice to her, and was just trying to calm her down. She apologised a LOT later.

SovietKitty was once nearly made dead kitten fillets in elementary school, ironically proving her point a thousand times over. #QUOTE# Kitty: Mrs. _______ is so mean! #QUOTE# Classmate: *opens mouth to reply* #QUOTE# Mrs. ______, having just turned the corner: *face bright red, hands on hips, eyes wide* OH, I'M MEAN, AM I!? YOU NEED TO JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH BEFORE YOU SPEAK! (Never mind the fact that that last sentence makes ''no'' sense.)

This troper recalls an incident in the 6th grade, on the day that the 5th graders took a trip to the middle school to look around the middle school. Because my math teacher was, frankly, a bitch, when I saw a group of 5th graders, this little exchange happened. ->'''Me:'''If you get Ms. X, run! [hey, I was like 12, I didn't use much profanity then] ->'''Ms. X:''' Hello, [me]. ->'''Me:''' *turns around slowly* ->'''Ms. X:''' Would you like to introduce me? ->'''Me:''' No. *walks away quickly, afraid for his life*

This troper fell in love with a girl who'd been one of his closest friends since we were in our first year at school (seven years ago at the time) but kept it to himself for the friendship's sake (and also maybe a lack of courage). Guess where she was standing when he admitted it to someone else for the fist time.

Don't know if it fits in this, but this troper once entered a chat room. One of the people I talk to, a girl, was talking about me. The weird thing? One of the people she was talking to said "Wouldn't it be weird if (Troper's screen name) came in now?" '''TROPER HAS ENTERED THE ROOM''' Girl: Speak of the devil.

This Troper does everything she can to avoid this trope. If she ever says something she doesn't want someone to hear, she will first make sure they are either a mile away or in her line of sight at all times. Naturally, reality will eventually find a way to get around this.

This troper once told the girlfriend of a guy she had a crush on how lucky she was as she and this troper were exiting the bathroom. Guess who was waiting right outside as this troper said that? Cue an OhCrap moment and he's completely unsubtle fleeing.

ARandomSerf got to be on the listening end of this trope a few minutes ago. While eating lunch, he overheard a discussion between a couple members of his carpentry crew, which was along the lines of, "[Serf] sucks, but he's learning and it's not like he doesn't want to do the work, so that's good." During a lull in the conversation, I popped my head over the wall between our tables and remarked, "I appreciate the balanced review." The speaker's reaction was priceless.

This Troper once was talking about how much of a brat this one girl was when from behind us we hear. "You mean my daughter." Subverted by the fact that the Mom didn't really disagree with us.

This tropette managed to subvert this trope. While walking through Walmart with her mother she accidently knocked an item off one of the displays in the middle of the walkway. She stopped and looked down at the item, contemplating whether to leave it there or put it back. Her mother, who hadn't noticed, kept on walking; she shrugged her shoulders and decided to leave it there, nonchalantly commenting "I'm sure someone that works here will put it back." She didn't get two steps before hearing a loud "Hey!!" behind her. She instantly froze midstep with a terrified look on her face, thinking that an employee saw her knock it over and heard her remark. She slowly turned her head to face them, only to find out that the shout she heard was a father trying to control his young daughter, who was running about and messing with stuff on the shelves. To this day she isn't sure whether she felt more relieved or embarrassed.

One day in class: "The teacher's an idiot! We can just give him the same piece of paper over and over again and he'll accept it as homework!" Cue everyone looking horrified afterwards and me facepalming at the poor unfortuate soul.

A heartbreakingly tragic example. A couple women were in the restroom and one of them was venting about how their new member, Beth, annoyed her to no end and made several scathing comments about her. The stall door next to them opened up and out walked Beth, who ran out in tears. A few days later, it was discovered that she committed suicide.

An amusing subversion This Troper has had the fortune to witness: A friend of hers was ranting about some random game when another friend chipped in and said something along the lines of "you're really into this shit, aren't you?" Then, that friend being vaguely GenreSavvy, asked, "The principal's right behind me, isn't she?" As it happened, no, the principal was not behind him... but the Director of Student Activities was. Hilarity Ensued, of course.

ThisTroper experienced one that broke her pride pretty bad. For some reason, this guy she didn't even have a crush on anymore kept thinking that she still did. She even considered this guy something of a friend. But then one day she was editing something for her Radio/Video class with headphones on and this one guy was suggesting to the non-crush to ask me to Senior Prom. He goes (and she had just taken off the headphones I had on at the time) #QUOTE#Friend: Why not ask ThisTroper? #QUOTE# Non-Crush: Please...I'd rather go with (name of rather ugly male classmate of ours)

She never felt as ugly at that moment then any other time in her life. She felt a little better when the Friend of the Non-Crush (who she knew since kindergarten) come to her defense and saying that Non-Crush is a jerk.

Averted by this troper, thanks to my being particularly GenreSavvy. I was at a sci-fi convention with several friends, running a booth. It was a fun time but also somewhat stressful given that there was a clique of people we had a falling out with for reasons not worth going into here. We agreed that we were just going to ignore them and be the bigger persons. Still, this didn't stop one member of the clique from being particularly obnoxious every time he passed the booth we were running. He suffered from an annoying habit of laughing before telling a joke and he usually wore loud Hawaiian shirts. By an amazing coincidence, my cosplay costume had a loud Hawaiian shirt. So I wound up doing an impression of this guy for two people, going "ha-ha-ha. I laugh at my own jokes so you know I'm funny." They began laughing and urging me to stand up and do it for everyone. I said "No, because the minute I gather a crowd he's going to walk through here while my back is turned." Guess who rounded the corner not ten seconds later, prompting an even greater well of laughter than the original impression?

This has happened to this troper many times, but his personal SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample was when he was on a summer language course in England. It was dinnertime and my friends and I were discussing a recent presidential election in our country. I pretty much accused one of the candidates of being a sellout and a fraud. Little did I know, his daughter was in my school, she was also participating in the language course, her father just happened to be in England on a business trip and he decided to pay her a visit on that very evening. Imagine my surprise when I noticed him walking past me right after I said that sentence (which meant that he was RightBehindMe as I was saying it). He pretended not to have heard it though, which averted a lot of awkwardness.

My sister saw a pair of kids wearing t-shirts for a politician she had a certain disdain for. She grumbled about him being an evil bastard, shortly before making three discoveries: the kids were ''his'', the politician happened to be in the same small town we were for his election tour, and the man himself was... well, you can guess the rest. To his credit, the man himself refrained from anything more than a FascinatingEyebrow in response as we quickly made ourselves scarce.

Oh, I would have launched into something that sounded like a combination of JonStewart and the cast of RedVsBlue (scathing criticism and sarcasm mixed with swearing out the ass and insults). And at least one statement along the lines of "I'd pity you for being his kids if you weren't related to him." targeted at his kids.

In high school, a teacher was setting up teams and my name was called out. Another girl grumbled, "Great, I'm stuck with her." I cheerfully call out, "Hi!" No one said anything else.

While waiting for our english teacher to arrive, me and my friend were talking about his teaching methods. After calling him for few bullshits, this happened. ->'''Me:''' Joskus tuntuu että se on vähän ty- (Sometimes it feels like he is little bit stu-) ->'''Teacher:''' I'm what? ->'''Me:''' Tyylikäs! Upeat vaatteet niin kuin aina! (Stylish! Great clothes as always!)

This once happened to this troper when I remarked that it would be easy to take from a kiosk in a mall because it didn't seem that there was anyone there(not that I was thinking of doing so). Cue the guy coming around the corner and me walking away quickly.

An example from my high school, with the added bonus of the fact that the one who was behind the person insulting him actually ''waited for him to finish'' before making his presence known. A classmate was talking to me about the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of airport security: #QUOTE#'''Classmate:''' I mean, if anyone smart enough to be in this school really wanted to blow up a plane, they could probably find a way to get past security and do it... except for (name of other classmate); he might have a little trouble. #QUOTE#'''Me:''' Uh...I'm not going to comment on that, especially since he's...*gestures behind classmate* #QUOTE#'''Other Classmate:''' Hey!

This troper was a witness to this. A friend of her was complaining with her about a teacher when all of a sudden said teacher appears behind her. This troper must've put on quite a face because her friend suddenly went quiet and said: 'She's behind me, isn't she?'