Would you talk over me?

[zazen999]

Aw - no sarcasm? Well done you....

[piskieinboots]

I did but she didn't hear it

[Florence Fennel]

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. I'm afraid I would have put the phone down Pisk, so well done for not resorting to being as rude as I would have been!

[piskieinboots]

I take part in a conference call (bi-weekly) with a US client which includes four of them in the office over there and four of us calling in from here - one of the girls has the same trait - she talks over all the time - I find it very distrubtive.

I must be getting more tolerant with each birthday cos in the past I have told her to wind it in - now I just read Grapevine (quietly) whilst on the call

[ginger ninger]

I take part in a conference call (bi-weekly) with a US client which includes four of them in the office over there and four of us calling in from here - one of the girls has the same trait - she talks over all the time - I find it very distrubtive.

I must be getting more tolerant with each birthday cos in the past I have told her to wind it in - now I just read Grapevine (quietly) whilst on the call

Excellent...I like ya style

[chris]

2 ears.. 1 mouth - use them in that order.

Mate said that to a kid in a kids group we were volunteering in at uni. I've used that phrase a lot - seems to stop people in their tracks and gives me a chance to butt in and get my oar in!

[lindyloo]

i was taught not to speak when someone else was speaking, but, now, as an older adult, if i am in the company of someone who excessivily enjoys the sound of thier own voice, i will cut in in top of them, because sometimes there is no other alternative

[Finedon.Dandy]

Brilliant post Pisk!

I once heard about a certain conservatory company who wouldnt take no for an answer so the homeowner invited them along to try and sell him a conservatory. The sales rep was most annoyed when he turned up, only to have to climb 6 flights of steps to get to the door of the flat!

One company rang me at a bad time when I was on the verge of tears for a different reason but I turned it my advantage by bursting into tears and giving them a totaly made up tale of woe of how my husband had just left and so had the baliffs......you get the idea! - they couldnt hang up quick enough!

[Phoenix]

Slightly off tack, but with nuisance calls I don't have any patience any more. I used to be polite and explain that I'm not interested because blah blah blah... but now (if I remember) I say I'm on the Telephone Preference Service and I'm not interested, and hang up without waiting for a response.

Definitely turning in to a Grumpy Old Woman

Nix

[zebedee]

Sorry, you were saying? Oh!

[zazen999]

I take part in a conference call (bi-weekly) with a US client which includes four of them in the office over there and four of us calling in from here - one of the girls has the same trait - she talks over all the time - I find it very distrubtive.

I must be getting more tolerant with each birthday cos in the past I have told her to wind it in - now I just read Grapevine (quietly) whilst on the call

We used to have videoconferencing; and one guy REALLY loved the sound of his own voice....and would just talk and talk and talk and....you get the message.

He sat there for about 25 minutes talking one day. Trouble was, as he was talking, his pic was on screen the whole time. We were all killing ourselves as the guy next to him was even more bored than we were, and spent the whole 25 mins taking every little bit of paper out of his wallet; inspecting it, and putting it back - we were all transfixed on this and I still couldn't tell you what the other bloke said - both of them completely oblivious of each other and that we were all crying watching this complete dullard and his chum.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Would I talk over you?

I am 5'4", you are 5'0", so yes, shortpeep, I would, all the time.

Would I talk across you?

Never in a million years.

[Two_Sheds]

nuisance calls I don't have any patience any more.

Me neither, I just lay the phone down on the table and walk away, leaving them to talk to themselves

[Two_Sheds]

In class (primary, special needs) we have lots of children who talk over the rest. It's what they do at home, everyone shouting to get attention...

If it gets really bad, I give The Speaker a wooden spoon, or a "magic" pen. Only the person with the spoon can talk ... HeyWayne, do you want me to post it to you ?

[Jeanied]

Sometimes I have to go to meetings with a colleague in his office. He sits on a tall chair with the rest of us squashed onto the comfy chairs round the coffee table - and then he holds forth. Usually on the same theme each time - this is his introductory salvo. Then he monopolises the conversation - and if you dare chip in he raises his hand - palm outwards - to block you off.
Needless to say I avoid the meetings if at all possible.