Can you please how I can deal with someone (politely but firm) that just talks & talks & wont shut up?

Answer 1

Offer them some Peanut Butter. ( heehee Every time they start to speak ) If that doesn't work drag out the OLD photo albums or the old home movies and movie projector. ( remember that I Love Lucy episode where they kept showing home movies of Baby Ricky???) heehee

Answer 2

If you are on a phone call, or be it face-t-face ... always have someone who u know will be hanging around at the time, in the same place .. and is trustworthy (who will not go tell the talker that you wanted to be frisked outta that conversation) .. When stuck with this talker ... your good friend could come up to you and say something that needs your immediate attention ... He/she surely is not so insensitive as to not let you excuse yourself ..is it so?

If that does not work out, learn to interupt the conversation half-way through, when he/she thinks is saying an interestin point and start talking nineteen to the dozen the same way as he/she does all the time!!!!! Talk non-stop in an animated version and do NOT let the talker lead you back on track! The first 4-5times, and then that person will either realize how insensitive he's been all these days, or he wil stop trying to get into conversation with you ... Either ways, you stand to benefit!

Learn to save your skin, when it starts hurting! Cant really keep bothering about others' emotions all the time ...

Answer 3

you shouldn't deal with the person. You should just try your best to stay away from them, no matter how polite & firm you may seem if you decide to approach this person, it's still not your place to say shut up. The most polite & firm thing you can do is NOTHING.

Answer 4

FIrst, see if you can figure out why they are talking. Do they need attention? Do they think you are ignoring them? Do they really need to talk about something? Maybe you can suggest that you will be available for talking for a certain amount of time, maybe on a break or after you are finished with a project, and you both also need to take care of other things and need to concentrate. Good luck.

Answer 5

well i dont advise this AT ALL but one time this girl who i hated because she was like just not very nice, well she decided to be my friend..... no actually thats an understatment, she decided to be like my other half IT WAS HELL everywhere i went she followed me, and im not a mean person or anything i really wouldnt have minded only other people started avoiding me because of her. shes the sort of person who speaks her mind (which is good) but really doesnt know when to stop (not so good...) and always seems to be making cruel jokes about people and not realising how bad it sounds.

ANYWAYS the way i dealed with that was well first i asked all my friends their advice, which you should do incase this person is going through a rough time or something that you are unaware of, so you might have to be sensitive.

and then well, whatever you decide on. we decided to make her not WANT to talk to me anymore, so i was deliberatly rude to her, basically like she was to other people.

but obviously not everyones like that so well, the best advice i can give you is to just aviod them as much as you can but if you cant, then just try to listen but then always just make it clear that you dont want to listen when they start going on and on

just say something like 'sorry i have to go do something' etc.

if they are offended then explain, until then just keep making quick getaways lol

good luck ur gonna need it =)

Answer 6

Start talking too (if you still have any energy left from listening ..) and change the subject. Something that he/she does now know much about. Or just walk away as many have advised you to do, and don't spend time in this person's company, they'll get the message soon enough. Or communicate by text messages or e-mail.

Answer 7

I can tell you how not to deal with them. You see I used have that problem at a company I used to work for. I worked in administration and one of the sales guys alway used to stop me and talk my head off when I was leaving for the day...every day! So I started putting my cell phone to my ear as I was walking out of my office so he would think I was talking to someone and it worked beautifully everyday. Then, one day I was walking out and as he was waving my phone rang!!! He gave me a dirty look and said "nice, real nice", but on the good side he completely stopped talking to me at that point.....so maybe it will work after all!

Answer 8

I have a neighbor that talks endlessly, for hours, if you let her. She is an older woman, and loves alone, so I just listen. But when I try to talk, she acts as if I'm being rude. So most of the time, I tell her I have to get going, when I've had enough.

Answer 9

this is not how to deal with them, but its a fact that you can have some fun with... try it out...

if someone is talking alot about something they are really into then they become more succeptable to suggestion, so if you ask them to do something, like turn on the light switch, or bring you your favourite magazine from the other side of the room, the 9 times out of 10 they will do it... its easy, free, fun, and well... fun!

Answer 10

Say, "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I need to go pick up the kids now (or whatever your excuse may be). I know a girl like this and no one really likes her because she dominates every conversation and somehow makes everything about her. I sometimes just walk away (if its a group of people) or I abruptly change the subject.