My company hired a new employee who sits next to me. She loves to talk continuously. I keep telling her I need to concentrate on my work but she says "oh sorry and then keeps right on talking." I've given her work to do but she talks while doing it so I don't know if it gets done correctly or not because she hands it back to the boss. Her bosses are not that busy so she doesn't have much work to do. She is nice enough but just loves to talk continuously. I've tried ignoring her and that didn't help. If she thinks no one is listening to her, she talks to herself like "I am thirsty. I think I'll go get a drink of water. Where did I put my pen? It's hot/cold in here, etc., etc." Do you get what I mean about this person? Any suggestions on shutting her up?
2007-03-15 10:44:32 · 8 answers · asked by Me, Myself & I 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
be very blunt, tell her she needs to leave you to your work, you do not have the time to talk. Just remember you're there to make money, not friends, what's more important to you, not hurting someone's feelings or losing your job due to low or poor quality productivity.
2007-03-15 10:59:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
* clarify that you've were given fairly some artwork to do, are below a last date, and don't have time to speak. * turn your chair faraway from the door and carry the phone on your ear with the intention to seem busy. perchance she'll take the hint and flow away. * Ask your boss to intrude. ***** that the consistent barrage of chatting is meddling along with your productiveness. * clarify courteously to her that you at the instantaneous are not in touch in her as a chatting spouse, yet do you may regulate your ideas, you'll enable her be conscious of.
2016-11-25 22:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There really isn't anything you can do about it to shut her up, but there is something you can do about yourself.
I would suggest you take your attention off of her before you go to work and after you get home from work and start thinking of ways to find another working environment, because she's a reminder that you probably don't like the fact that you need your job and she doesn't.
She's care free and chatty and mumbling all of the normal things people mumble about and you are going out of your way to be inhospitable to her.
I believe you feel threatened.
2007-03-15 10:56:26 · answer #3 · answered by free_to_dream27 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This works for me: Make it obvious that you're tuning him or her out (it's not that hard to do) and continue with whatever project you're working on. You can also excuse yourself to go to the restroom. Or mention to the coworker that there's a rumor going around that evaluations are going to be taken on certain employees! Hope this helps! Good luck!
2007-03-15 10:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by na na 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her a donut that has ex-lax injected in it. It will actually not "shut her up", but the opposite, but at least it will in the way intended.
Another way is to talk to your supervisor, or someone else in management. Explain to them, very carefully and politely that you like her, very much, you don't want to hurt her feelings or get her into any trouble, (even if that's all BS) keep emphasizing the delicate balance between your "friendship", and her bad habit.
2007-03-15 11:03:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know! There's a girl I know the SAME way! So, I told her to stop talking because I really need to concentrate, but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt!
WISH U LUCK!
2007-03-15 10:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a headache from your mother talking your ear off the evening before. You "hate that" hahah
2007-03-15 10:52:17 · answer #7 · answered by Elie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy an Ipod Nano honey and listen to it! so atleast u can't hear her BIG LOUD mouth!
2007-03-15 10:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋