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Would you PLEASE just stop talking!
What are those moments when you just wish your S.O. / friend / family member / whoever, would just be quiet?
During a movie? While getting a massage? On a long drive? During intimate moments?
Do you have any stories of when you actually asked someone to STFU, or maybe someone asked YOU to put a sock in it.
Let's hear about it!
During a movie? While getting a massage? On a long drive? During intimate moments?
Do you have any stories of when you actually asked someone to STFU, or maybe someone asked YOU to put a sock in it.
Let's hear about it!
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While I am singing in the car....please don't start a conversation in the middle of my jam!6
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Almost every time he opens his mouth in general.4
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When our work schedules keep us from spending time together, he will come home after I am in bed and decide that he really wants to talk. But mostly he is known as the quiet one.
For other people, I spend a lot of time thinking this, but my husband is the only one I will shush, and then only rarely.0 -
CoffeeAndContour wrote: »People who talk in the movie theater and bring their small children in the theater drive me bananas. [/quote
omg why DO people think its ok to bring baby's/small toddlers to the movie theater...what is that?1 -
I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.7
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Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Aww, she must be a millennial. That's cute. "Cute AF"5 -
WorkerDrone83 wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Aww, she must be a millennial. That's cute. "Cute AF"
She is a millennial and clearly has zero awareness of her office surroundings or any consideration for other people who are trying to work. I'm ready to slap the sh|t out of her.7 -
I was dating a guy who liked to chew M&M's while talking. It's part of the reason we aren't together anymore.1
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I'm not visually oriented, my orientation is primarily auditory. That's why I work overnights, sleep days, communicate most comfortably on a computer screen and prefer reading to audiobooks or video learning. So I don't have to hear anyone talking. I find most peoples' diction, elocution, timbre, cadence, volume, speed of word delivery, plus foreign and regional accents to be almost intolerable to listen to for more than a few sentences at a time.
Really I can pretty much only stand professional narrators who have been classically trained in old school radio broadcast/theatrical style using long vowels, short consonants, and crisp, clear pronunciation with a courteous slower pacing without cutting off or swallowing the endings of words.
They are a dying breed though and it's very sad we haven't passed on the tradition of proper public speaking technique to Generation X or any of the generations after it for the few amongst them who want to learn it. You Tube videos are littered with folks who have great information, original thinking and creative flair who have no grasp of how to palatably convey it using polished speaking technique.
TLDR? At work shut up. That's the general consensus.
I want to send you an audio book of Anna Karinna as read by Mike Tyson.4 -
I'm not visually oriented, my orientation is primarily auditory. That's why I work overnights, sleep days, communicate most comfortably on a computer screen and prefer reading to audiobooks or video learning. So I don't have to hear anyone talking. I find most peoples' diction, elocution, timbre, cadence, volume, speed of word delivery, plus foreign and regional accents to be almost intolerable to listen to for more than a few sentences at a time.
Really I can pretty much only stand professional narrators who have been classically trained in old school radio broadcast/theatrical style using long vowels, short consonants, and crisp, clear pronunciation with a courteous slower pacing without cutting off or swallowing the endings of words.
They are a dying breed though and it's very sad we haven't passed on the tradition of proper public speaking technique to Generation X or any of the generations after it for the few amongst them who want to learn it. You Tube videos are littered with folks who have great information, original thinking and creative flair who have no grasp of how to palatably convey it using polished speaking technique.
TLDR? At work shut up. That's the general consensus.
... and The Great Gatsby as read by Pee Wee Herman.3 -
.... and Moby Dick as read by Louis Holtz.2
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..... and War and Peace as read by Snoop Dog
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When watching the News can't stand the yaping0
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When i am reading. Some people think seeing you read is a conversation starter.
"What are you reading?" "What is that about?" "Is it any good?" "What page are you on?"
Or "what are you doing?" "Oh, I guess you aren't busy then. I want to talk about a dream I had. Blah, blah blah."
Argggh!
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All day???? Just kidding only when trying to focus at work and working in a cubicle environment is tough because you can't throw things at people or tell them STFU (HR frowns upon that stuff) hehehehehe0
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I think people just talk too much in general. Everyone seems to think their thoughts and their life are soooooo interesting and sooooo0 important that they have to share it all with EVERYONE, whether they show interest in it or not. We're all expected to care about everything that everyone is saying, and if we don't, we're considered rude and we're accused of ignoring them.
I love peace and quiet. I am deeply introverted so I could happily sit in silence for many hours on end. Soft ambient music or outdoor sounds are fine. I don't even mind urban noise. People talking all around me - and AT me - that is exhausting and sets me on edge!!1 -
When a social encounter should be hey how are you, good, you? Just dandy!
But nooooooooooo, it turns into the wife/husband/kids this, that. Ohhh the new boat, new furnace, ohhh no not the sciatica!
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Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Okay I'm gonna have to say something to this chick. How do you tactfully tell someone to SHUT THEIR F(CKING PIE HOLE!!!1 -
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My husband is a morning person. I am not.
Sometimes if he has a meeting downtown, it makes practical sense for us to ride in together. Every single time, it takes all of my energy not to strangle him because he never shuts up, and my preferred method of conversation at that time of day consists primarily of grunting and nodding.1 -
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Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Every time she says literally and is not actually being literal, just interupt with figuratively, she will either lrarn the digference ir stop talking around you.0 -
After reading this thread I can safely say you all would hate me SO MUCH. LOL.
I have never wanted to tell someone to STFU. Even my step-mother who literally talked for one hour ABOUT THE SAME THING didn't get told to shut up. I just humored her and had a giggle about it later. Because that's some talent that is!0 -
I like when people talk. I'm a listener. If I don't like what you're saying, I'll tune it out. But generally...I'm processed what you're saying, and filing it away.
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Just_J_Now wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Okay I'm gonna have to say something to this chick. How do you tactfully tell someone to SHUT THEIR F(CKING PIE HOLE!!!
I really wish I was there to witness this. Unfortunately I have no advice for your last question. Sorry
Just_J_Now wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Okay I'm gonna have to say something to this chick. How do you tactfully tell someone to SHUT THEIR F(CKING PIE HOLE!!!
I had to do this once because I couldn't take it anymore. I just stood up, leaned over the partition separating our cubes and said, "Please." And then I repeated it, "Please." I didn't raise my voice or glare. I didn't have to. She got it. She stopped. It's been my experience that adult loudmouths are just pushing the envelope, like loudmouth children do. When they're called on it, they've gotten the acknowledgment they were aiming for (i.e. yes, I know you're an a**hole. Now knock it off.) so they stop.
Thanks. I like to keep the peace, especially in the office since I spend so much time here but this one is extremely loud and obnoxious. I'll think of a way.1 -
Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Every time she says literally and is not actually being literal, just interupt with figuratively, she will either lrarn the digference ir stop talking around you.
Actually the "literally" doesn't bother me as much as her loud voice and laugh and her lack of consideration for those around her.0 -
Just_J_Now wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Okay I'm gonna have to say something to this chick. How do you tactfully tell someone to SHUT THEIR F(CKING PIE HOLE!!!
I really wish I was there to witness this. Unfortunately I have no advice for your last question. SorryJust_J_Now wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »I'm on the verge of telling a new co-worker to STFU. She's been here only 2 weeks and she does not have an off button. She yaps all day with a loud annoying voice that makes me cringe. She also uses the word literally all day. I'm ready to choke the b*tch.
Okay I'm gonna have to say something to this chick. How do you tactfully tell someone to SHUT THEIR F(CKING PIE HOLE!!!
I had to do this once because I couldn't take it anymore. I just stood up, leaned over the partition separating our cubes and said, "Please." And then I repeated it, "Please." I didn't raise my voice or glare. I didn't have to. She got it. She stopped. It's been my experience that adult loudmouths are just pushing the envelope, like loudmouth children do. When they're called on it, they've gotten the acknowledgment they were aiming for (i.e. yes, I know you're an a**hole. Now knock it off.) so they stop.
Thanks. I like to keep the peace, especially in the office since I spend so much time here but this one is extremely loud and obnoxious. I'll think of a way.
That would drive me insane, too, so I sympathize. I think the best is to keep it as brief and professional as possible. Pose it as you need quiet to focus and concentrate on your job. Hopefully she'll get the hint. If not, maybe upper management can talk to her.1
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