Who Scared Who?

New people are always fun. During my last 2 weeks at my job, my company had a new hire named Jake. Poor Jake was walking down the aisle between desks in my department. I hadn't seen him yet, he was coming up behind me. He was quiet, and as he got closer, Paula screamed! I guess she got scared that he might be sneaking up on her or something. Of course, the poor guy jumped; a scream out of nowhere is not always pleasant. Especially since he was behind me still. I hadn't even seen him. As he paused, I told him he really shouldn't scare Paula like that. She is quite jumpy, you know...