Question about a girl who is WAAAY to clingy??

Question

I’m 28 and I've worked at my job for about six months now. Another girl, Alisha, started the same time. She is a very nice girl, always friendly and upbeat. Her problem?
She doesn't know how to stop talking. From the minute she enters the break room, she'll go on and on and on and on and on and on about EVERYTHING-- food, family, shopping, weather, you name it. She barely breathes! And she doesn't seem to understand when it's inappropriate, or what's inappropriate to talk about. For example, sometimes I choose to sit by myself at lunch and read, simply because I'm tired and I need some alone time to refresh. She'll come and sit by me and talk non-stop until the end of my lunch hour. Yes, the entire hour. I don't know where she comes up with so much stuff to say. Other times I'll put my head down on the table to take a quick nap during my lunch hour and she'll walk in, drop her stuff across from me at the table, sit down, and start talking. She's a bottomless pit. She never runs out of stuff to say.
Slowly, over time, I’ve tried VERY hard and have pretty much learned to look past her nonstop mouth. Underneath she’s such a nice person. But even so, I still cringe when she comes in the room because I know there won’t be one more moment of peace until she leaves.
Here’s another problem (and sorry this is so long). She asked me for my phone number, and I didn’t want to give it to her because I knew she’d call me and I’d probably never get off the phone again. So I told her I don’t give out my phone number. This didn’t deter her; she looked it up in the phone book. Now she calls me EVERY SINGLE DAY. Actually, she skipped one day. And when she calls she still goes on and on and on, talking about EVERYTHING, including sex and other things I don’t want to know about… I cringe now whenever the phone rings because I know it’s her. Twice I’ve decided not to pick up the phone, and she proceeded to call back SIX TIMES IN ONE HOUR!!
I tried telling her that she doesn’t need to call me every day, and that’s when she didn’t call me for that one day. Then again tonight, here’s the phone call again. I let the answering machine get it. Then she called back AGAIN! Like I had somehow materialized within the two minutes between the two phone calls!
WHAT do I do to STOP all this???? I’m just about the only person at my job (there are around 350 of us there) who can do more than tolerate her. She’s gotten in trouble a bunch of times already for saying inappropriate sexual things in the break room, yelling “HI!!!” to people who are working 7 cash registers away, and other things too. I’m starting to wonder if she has a real psychological or physiological problem and she really CAN’T stop talking. She told me her mom has Schizophrenia, so I’m wondering if her inability to realize how obsessively she’s talking could be some form of mental illness too…?
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’m almost at the end of my rope.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this.

too clingy, even.

Answer 1

i would let her know at work that you dont like to be bothered, be nice about it. if she wont you should go to a higher up, because talking about sex is a form of sexual harrassment. if she dosnt get the picture, you might have to be a little rude to her, and tell her straight up to leave you alone. ihope this helps.

Answer 2

ok she told u her mother had schizophrenia, and that explains a lot.

next u can calmly and politely ask her not to call you anymore, as u are coworkers. also, bring a walkman to work and put in ur headphones while u read in the lunch room. perhaps if she starts talking to u, just say u'd like some quiet time.

if she still continues to bother you, ask human resources about your options. if she is bothering a lot of other people and "sexually harrasing" or innuendos, it may be a serious problem. obviously u feel bad for her, but pity only goes so far in the workplace. she has to either learn how to not bother others in a work setting, or find a job where they allow u to act whatever which way. good luck

Answer 3

I would have to say she's schizophrenic or has a dangerously severe case of reverse psycosis, which will not end up well.

Reverse psycosis is the opposite of regular psycosis, which deterierates the brain, and reverse psycosis would actually improve part of the brain instead of damaging it...in other words...it gives her more thing to talk about.

Answer 4

Press charges for sexual harassment. Or at least tell her that you are going to. She will get scared and maybe leave you alone. If not she might just be lonely. Maybe she needs a friend .Or she may even be a phsyco. Please just try to stay away and try not to kill her! LoL