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Grancey · 02-10-2009, 01:23 PM

Happens all the time. I made the decision about a year ago to help my mental well-being in these situations. Usually, it's not everyone in the group who does this. I choose to avoid conversation with the difficult people, and I limit my fun conversations to people I can talk to one on one. This seems to work well. You can't choose who to talk to and not talk to when it's work related so that's a real stressor. My brothers are notorious for talking to me this way on the phone, so I don't talk to them on the phone anymore. What a relief for me, although it is unfortunate to lose that interaction. Now when Red, the non-stopper, does this I just speak up and say, "Hey, it's my turn to talk now". That works because he knows how guilty he is.

02-10-2009, 01:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Grancey Life's short, gotta hurry... Location: land of pit vipers	Happens all the time. I made the decision about a year ago to help my mental well-being in these situations. Usually, it's not everyone in the group who does this. I choose to avoid conversation with the difficult people, and I limit my fun conversations to people I can talk to one on one. This seems to work well. You can't choose who to talk to and not talk to when it's work related so that's a real stressor. My brothers are notorious for talking to me this way on the phone, so I don't talk to them on the phone anymore. What a relief for me, although it is unfortunate to lose that interaction. Now when Red, the non-stopper, does this I just speak up and say, "Hey, it's my turn to talk now". That works because he knows how guilty he is. __________________ Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.