SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUTUP STFU!!!!!!!!

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I can't begin to tell you how I feel for you. All I can do is acknowledge that you are in a hell that none of us could stand. Ugh and I'm sorry.
I used to work with a New Yorker who was a riot. She always talked outloud when she was working on things... it was constant. And her desk was out there in the middle, so when she needed to not be disterbed she drew a pix of a door that was shut and announced to all of us that her door was shut to leave her alone. She was always very funny about it but also very clear that she had to get this work done or else... so we pretty much left her alone. Does that help? Oh, and one time I sent off a cell phone talker with loud music aimed directly at them - they were only feet from my office holding a loud conversation - they didn't know I could hear every word though the closed door. Headphones on an Ipod? Seriously, I hope you figure out something. That would drive me completely insane, I'd yell "Off with her head" and then go after her with my scissors and stapler if she didn't shut up.
I've worked with a talker before in a very small cubicle, but she was just a talker. She talked to herself while she worked, and we had a simple rule. If she was talking to me, she had to say my name first. Otherwise, I tuned her out.

My receptionist, though, is talking to me, expecting me to listen. And I can't do that shit.

Much as I love my mother in law - it sounds like she's taken up residence in your office!

LOLOLOL! Yes, I'm laughing at your pain. Man, that would drive me bonkers. Total bonkers. And I'm sure I would have cracked and started being rude on the first day.

At least today I'm snapping at people via email. Not sure if that's any better. My patience meter is on empty at the moment. I started a rant about my arch nemesis Douchebag three times but I deleted each post before I finished. He was being all whiney and I had to stomp that out. He backed up fast when he realized I was not going to be nice and put up with his crap. Gah.

There must be frustration in the air today.

I am rarely complaining to any person -- it is my computer, the customers (who I cannot actually say things to, so I say it aloud where they cannot hear colorful threats and name-calling swears). I do not expect or desire a reply. Hopefully, she is that way and you can leave off and not answer her - ever.

We have a couple of loud talkers. I regularly wear in-the-ear-phones. The Mac Pro will only let me go up to a certain level and that is NOT enough to drown them out but it can cover enough that with mental obstructions one can at least not follow what they are saying. Good luck!

My kid sister talks like this. Natter natter natter, she literally narrates everything she's doing as she's doing it. After she did this for 10 minutes straight in the back seat on the way to my sister's at Christmas, she had the nerve to bitch "Who are you talking to?" at my mother who made a one-sentence observation about something different in the front seat. So I lit into her.

I'm sure co-worker won't register your rudeness. She just needs to be told flat out, "I have to concentrate on my work, you cannot talk to me except in X circumstance."

I used to have to share an office with a talker. She'd spend her entire day telling me plot lines of various TV shows that I didn't watch, would probably never watch, and didn't care about at all. I would completely ignore her and she'd still go on and on.

I sometimes complain about working from home all the time, but that's one thing I don't miss about an office setting.
I'm with Laurie, you need to set some office rules (and believe me,I share your pain-there are 17(!!!) grad students sharing the office I use.......) Good luck!
That I could live with. What's killing me is the whining! God, this woman complains in the most gratingly nasal tones about EVERYTHING. Plus, she's dumb as a box of hammers, so half the time she's complaining about things she doesn't even understand.
One of the ladies at work will start telling some story -- I don't know what she's talking about until the 12th name I don't recognize. "Wait. Is this American Idol?"

It usually is. I'm happy that program offers joy to people but they're the most rabid lot of folks I've met. Sports fans are less zany and they paint their faces. ;p
Ooof...that's miserable. sorry dude! Makes me grateful for having my own lobby to myself..and although Ron, my neighbor behind me, is a total talker, at least the shit he says is crazy enough to entertain me most of the time. And I know a lot of the staff can hear me on the phone because i have a loud voice so I guess it's only fair that i should have to hear some of them :)
My deepest sympathies. I recently moved to a cubicle that sits adjacent to alllll the VP's administrative assistants. They don't talk to me, so you've got me there, but they allllll chatter on with each other. They watch videos on You Tube. They call each other's phones to hear the cutest. new. ringtone. They bring in seasonal animatronic singing characters, which are motion activated. I'm sorry to tell you, this is Hell.
gaaagh! Sorry to hear this, Redz. Your post made me laugh though. (sorry --- but you're a good writer...)
Half the people in this room where I work are similar to your receptionist. (There are about 50 people in this room.) So many people whining and complaining about one thing or another --- they're never happen, and they never keep it to themselves.
&:o(
One of the ladies that drives me the craziest here is the one who complains about how loud everyone is talking, and all you can hear is HER complaining about the other people's loudness...
If I had to put money on whether it's going to be you or the receptionist who wins in the end though, my money's on you.
My ex-BF is like Laurie's sister. I would ask him, "if you were alone in the car, would you still have this running commentary?" He did it in the car, in front of the tv, at a restaurant. Insane making. Silence is to be savored, not filled with chatter....
Again -- I think I probably have a perfect CD mix for this situation. Unless you actually want to de-escalate things; in that case you're on your own. >;)
I do want to avoid criminal charges and loss of employment, but I'm open to suggestions that might simply shut her up. Debbie has me beat, though, because I don't think I'd last five minutes with an "seasonal animatronic singing characters." There would be bloodshed. Copious.
Put in headphones (with or without them being connected to anything) and don't respond to her. She'll think you're listening to music. If she gets right up on you, so that you HAVE to respond, act surprised that she's there. That combo should slow her down a bit. Or so I say from experience. Of being both a talker and a talkee.
Tell her to be quiet because you have to get something done that needs concentration. Then never speak to her again.

I've called my sister to find out one little thing sometimes and it's ten minutes into the monologue before I get a chance to go forth and ask. And my mom was like that. I can shut down at the drop of a don't-you-think-so. You have my sympathy.
You gotta have a "difficult conversation." Google it, follow the guidelines, do it. Things will be better. Recognize there is no NICE way to deal with this. You're not there to be her friend, nor is she there to be yours. Getting along with people does NOT mean you have to LIKE them. You have to set rules and follow them. Or it's BLOODY WAR BABE!

LOL @ duct tape solution

Daily use of duct tape might also wax her mustache for her... I'm just guessing here.

Yup, Pinkananda is right. You have to be extremely blunt and just tell her she has to stop and that conversation cannot be 24/7. It drives me fuckin' crazy, so you have all my sympathy, plus a variety of weapons if you'd like them.
That's a pretty entertaining website, btw. Funnier than Red Green.

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