Three Types Of Annoyingly Chatty Coworkers And How To Shut Them Up
Some people don’t catch social cues, while others are just looking to vent. Here’s how to handle everyone in your office who keeps talking your ear off.
As you read this article, can you hear your coworker yammering on in the background? (Or maybe the foreground?) Did you just pop your headphones on, in a passive-aggressive gesture meant to convey that you have work to do and can’t talk right now? Some coworkers regularly subject us to long, largely pointless conversations. They don’t usually know how annoying that can be, and office etiquette doesn’t always leave room to tell those colleagues point-blank to just please shut up thank you very much!