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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious how other people might deal with the following situation. There's a woman in my office who doesn't seem able to take hints. She's developed a reputation for inserting herself into conversations, dropping by offices and desks when the person is obviously really, really busy, etc. I don't work with her often and have only talked to her once or twice, so it hasn't affected me. Until last night.

A friend was in town and we had a dinner reservation; our first girls night in over a year as we both have kids and crazy jobs. As the hostess was showing us to our table, I ran into this coworker at the bar. I said hi, introduced my friend and continued walking...and she invited herself to join us! She literally grabbed her purse off the bar stool and started following us. I told her we had a reservation for 2 (the place was packed) so she asked the hostess if there was room for 3 at the table. I didn't know what to do! So what ended up happening was she took the chair while my friend and I squeezed into the small bench across from her. She spent the whole dinner talking about herself. I didn't get to catch up with my friend at all and we left the restaurant totally exhausted and deflated.

Today, I'm fuming. I arranged for a sitter to be able to spend this time with my friend and someone I barely know completely hijacked our evening.

I know some people will find me incredibly unfriendly here and probably feel bad for my coworker. But I just don't know anyone who would do something like that! Everything about the situation made it obvious she was intruding. I'm honestly curious what others would do here. [/quote]

I'm sorry this happened. Sounds like she really wants to be friends. I would have cut it off at the pass and said, I'm actually catching up with an old friend about personal matters, can we get a coffee or lunch sometime next week?  Or just welcome her and enjoy aking a new friend![/quote]

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