
So you might get a shady person banging on about how spiritual they are on social media, but then in real life, they might be rude to a group of churchgoers in the street. What I mean by this is that their words don’t match their actions. A shady person will use your absence as the ideal time to put you down and blag her way into your friends’ lives. Talking about someone in glowing terms when they are not there is perfectly fine. Bad-mouthing someone behind their back is two-faced and backstabbing behaviour. Gossiping is natural, I know, but there are two kinds of gossiping. Trust me, if they are gossiping about other people, they have gossiped about you in the past. She fooled me for a long time because I couldn’t believe that a friend would do that to someone. It got so bad that a guy I was seeing broke up with me because he believed her. Sue would pretend to be my best friend, but behind my back would start rumours about me to all my other friends. I had a friend once, we called her BS Sue. They want you off-kilter a little so that they can take advantage. They’ll use anything to hand to undermine you. Speaking of lying and feeling as if you are going mad, gaslighting is just one of a shady person’s weaponry. They use gaslighting and manipulation tactics.They will deny the truth until you feel as if you are going mad. Shady people seem not to notice or care if you call them out on a lie. Whether they want to boast about something in their life or to cover up a mistake. We all tell white lies from time to time, but the difference between you and I and a shady person is the frequency of these lies.

#Shifty person trial
Many won’t see through the initial work trial period. They might get their foot in the door of a good employer, but it will soon become apparent they are under-qualified.Ī shady person doesn’t like to put much effort in, so they’ll turn up late for work, have a habit of upsetting work colleagues, and be more trouble than they are worth. Shady people tend to over-promise and under-deliver.

Then, as we open up, we either form a good friendship or let that person drift away. When we first meet someone, we tend to put on our best behaviour. 10 signs of a shady personĪ major red flag is not the number of friends a person has but the quality of those friends. But here are 10 signs you should be looking out for. The problem with shady people is that their sneaky and deceptive behaviour makes them hard to spot. Or the person that treats their partner with disrespect. Or the co-worker that doesn’t pull their weight and gets away with it. The dodgy friend that only calls when they want something from you.

You know the type of person I’m talking about. And the consequences of meeting one can be just as damaging, if not worse. However, we deal with shady people all the time.
