Some people just naturally sneak up on you.

This man has always been a quiet walker, so he learned to be talkative so as not to scare people. But his boss wanted him to be less chatty, so he ended up scaring a bunch of people unintentionally.

Read the humorous full story below.

You want me to be quiet? Okay. (With Fallout)

Ever since I was little, I was quiet. This was mainly due to having terrible older siblings, so I learned to walk silently. I have tried to make myself plop my feet so as not to scare people, but I’ve been known to walk extremely silently.

Please note, I am a 300+ lbs, 5’10” person with a huge beer belly. So I couldn’t hide even if I wanted to, since I usually wear black in a red vest.

Since I am so silent, I have become loud (very vocal) so as not to scare people and let people know I am in the area. I talk to myself, sing songs, talk to everyone passing by, etc.

I do my best to be friendly even though I’m socially drained every day, and would rather stay inside for that month. Regardless, I am a very loud person.

A regular customer apparently did not like it, since I was a very loud person and asked me to be quiet. I apologized and toned everything down but my supervisor has also complained to.

I was asked to become less loud. Okay.

This man stopped being so loud at worked and ended up scaring people.

Since then, I have scared a lot of people, ranging from customers to my very own supervisor. I usually greet people 5-10 feet away from them so as to not get too close.

Most of them I have even made eye contact with and still scare them. Essentially, giving jump scares to everyone, and people complained I wasn’t in my department. Almost everyone I have joked with by stating I need a bell.

Last week, I decided one week of torture was good enough.

It was time to go ahead and stop being a gremlin. As much as I enjoy scaring people who are taller than me, I was probably creating an unsafe work environment.

So he decided to make some changes.

So I decided to make three rules to make things better. No big blowout, no real problems, just making an adult decision.

1: Try to greet everyone from the end of the aisle, so as to avoid scaring them too much.

2: If I somehow sneak up on them, take several steps back, so as to give them even more space.

3: Tell your coworkers you are going behind them at any point in time.

But he still scared his supervisors and coworkers.

I have followed each one to the letter and have gotten fewer jump scares from customers. The fellow supervisors and coworkers are another story.

I have actually gotten more jump scares from them than when I was silent.

For example, I came around a corner and I stopped to see a supervisor helping a cashier. I said, I was coming behind them and they both jumped. The supervisor even screamed a little.

Unfortunately, no one else has joined me in on trying to scare the supervisors. I told maybe one or two people about it but they just put it off as workplace antics.

Being a silent ninja is a blessing and a curse.

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When you can’t turn off the stealth mode, you have to be vocal.

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