Do you aspire to be a fly on the wall?

What can you say about the eavesdropper wannabes who sigh, "I wish I could be a fly on the wall for that conversation"?

Why is becoming a disease-spreading insect their "go to" position for spying? Why isn't their first impulse to daydream about invisibility, superhuman hearing or a microphone hidden in a rhododendron arrangement? Do they crave a compound-eye view of their boss conversing with the...