waffleducttapedtoadoor said: i really need to learn how to shut people down but, like, in a nice-ish way? like people i dont feel the need to be outwardly rude to but who i also want to leave me the fuck alone
Yeah thatâs exactly it! He wasnât doing anything wrong, but the conversation was totally unnecessary and I really needed to get back to work. Iâd like to develop the skills to shut someone down but in a way that wonât make them feel bad. My bossâs wife is actually really good at this, but when I try to emulate her, it just comes across weird. Maybe because Iâm bad at hiding that Iâm uncomfortable?
murielsweating said: Itâs so hard! I try to look through/past them & give bored âmmmâ noises as feedback, making it clear that I donât care about what theyâre saying, but that only works part of the time. People just want to talk even if you make it clear that you donât.
I kept saying âokay, okay, thank you, I will pass this on,â but I think he was just looking for someone to talk to. He was telling me about how he had a lump removed from his hand at the VA, so my guess is he tells everyone this kind of stuff. But still! Thereâs a time and a place. And theyâre not while Iâm working!
thejunesky said: âOh itâs easy- just be a towering 6'4â male, super simple"
One of his suggestions was to yell, âSIR!â and then say I have other stuff to do. Um, yeah, thatâs not going to go over so well for a woman. And why would I yell at an old man? I told him I donât want to go to whatever hell is out there for people who are mean to veterans.
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