People who never stop talking

[Anonymous]

In a very long multi-day work thing, virtual. (With people in my industry, not people I know in person) This one woman NEVER SHUTS UP. Are people like this unaware of how they are? And how annoying it is? I keep ending up in virtual room with her and literally nobody else gets a word in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a very long multi-day work thing, virtual. (With people in my industry, not people I know in person) This one woman NEVER SHUTS UP. Are people like this unaware of how they are? And how annoying it is? I keep ending up in virtual room with her and literally nobody else gets a word in.

Sympathies OP. These people are insufferable. I know exactly what you mean.

No, typically they are not at all aware of how annoying they are. They are either so self-absorbed that they don't notice or care, or there is a screw loose somewhere and they have no sense of how to interact with other people.

You need a strong moderator in your group. Can you speak up and ask for that?

[Anonymous]

Tell her supervisor. If you are the supervisor, you need to talk to her about it.

[Anonymous]

This is the same person who would have questions at the end of the meeting on a Friday. Like, read the room! Send a damn email.

[Anonymous]

This is my SIL. I love her because she’s family and she’s a good person. However, she is peak millennial and never shuts up about herself or her friends, whom we do not know.

I shudder to imagine working with her.

[Anonymous]

Let me guess she lives alone, with lots of cats and has no family. I get it op and no they don't realize nor do they care they have your ear and that's all they want.

[Anonymous]

I feel your pain, OP. Work with someone similar and I've often asked myself the same question. How do they not notice?

[Anonymous]

This was my deceased MIL. NON-STOP. My question is how do these people think of so much to talk about? Yap, yap, yap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In a very long multi-day work thing, virtual. (With people in my industry, not people I know in person) This one woman NEVER SHUTS UP. Are people like this unaware of how they are? And how annoying it is? I keep ending up in virtual room with her and literally nobody else gets a word in.

Sympathies OP. These people are insufferable. I know exactly what you mean.

No, typically they are not at all aware of how annoying they are. They are either so self-absorbed that they don't notice or care, or there is a screw loose somewhere and they have no sense of how to interact with other people.

You need a strong moderator in your group. Can you speak up and ask for that?

Agree.
Take the bull by the horns and interrupt her and say "I'd like to hear what Jane thinks", "Phil, do you have any thoughts on the matter"..... I mean if she's rude enough to take all the air in the room it would be a relief to others if you can grab it back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is my SIL. I love her because she’s family and she’s a good person. However, she is peak millennial and never shuts up about herself or her friends, whom we do not know.

I shudder to imagine working with her.

Ha! My boomer mom is like this. When I do change the topic from her favorite subject- herself - she ignore me and turns it right back on herself. It must be so lonely.

[Anonymous]

A lot of times it's due to anxiety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of times it's due to anxiety.

+1 I know someone like this and it’s very obviously anxiety. No judgment, I also have anxiety but internalize everything so we’re opposites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is my SIL. I love her because she’s family and she’s a good person. However, she is peak millennial and never shuts up about herself or her friends, whom we do not know.

I shudder to imagine working with her.

Boomers do this too. We don’t care about uncle Ed daughter’s best friend who got into UVA on scholarship or that one guy we met on a vacation once who just died. Stop telling us about people we don’t know.

[Anonymous]

ADHD. They also interrupt a lot.

I live with 3 people that have it.

[Anonymous]

My friend's husband is like this. I have no idea how she puts up with it.