People without "the switch" or "the filter"

[Waus]

I've run into a slew of these people lately.

You know, the people who don't have "the switch" that goes off when they realize you're no longer interested in what they're talking about. People who start talking about a video game you've never played (okay, sounds fun) who then go on to describe in detail the level structures, playability, graphics, community (shut up), patches, weapons, boss enemies, game balance (seriously stop talking).

The people who don't have "the filter" on what's a good thing to talk about with someone else. People who start chatting about a job they had two years ago and their co-workers and how they went from place to place meeting people and doing things and never see why they should preface anything with "I had this job at - " or "there was this person who worked there that - " and instead just talk about the aforementioned things as if you should already know.

[abcdefz]

"Are you talking to me?"

"...I'm talking to whoever's listening."

[ericlee]

sounds like my coworker. Everyone at my job a quick to tell him stfu cause once he starts he won't shut up.

Most of what he says is total bs anyway.

[Kid Presentable]

I've run into a slew of these people lately.

You know, the people who don't have "the switch" that goes off when they realize you're no longer interested in what they're talking about. People who start talking about a video game you've never played (okay, sounds fun) who then go on to describe in detail the level structures, playability, graphics, community (shut up), patches, weapons, boss enemies, game balance (seriously stop talking).

The people who don't have "the filter" on what's a good thing to talk about with someone else. People who start chatting about a job they had two years ago and their co-workers and how they went from place to place meeting people and doing things and never see why they should preface anything with "I had this job at - " or "there was this person who worked there that - " and instead just talk about the aforementioned things as if you should already know.

*"Switches" on "Filter"*

[Waus]

*"Switches" on "Filter"*

Haha...burn. :o:(

[Kid Presentable]

haha nah I dig though. I hate when people talk at me, but if I offer examples I may be just like one of them.

[funk63]

Those people are cool.

[Pres Zount]

People like that are attracted to me. Or maybe I bore very easily, I don't know.

My co-worker, Adam, and I were caught by a man who wanted to talk about his photography and living with a tribe in Tonga, and I seriously blacked out after about 20 minutes. It was like someone was fast forwading, because afterwards it turns out he babbled away for an hour, when it didn't really seem that long. Yeah. The only thing that stopped him was when the phone rang and I leapt for it. I took the call in another area, then called up Adam to rescue him.

Now we have a secret signal if one of us needs rescuing; pat yourself on the head.

Like in Seinfeld.


EDIT: that post was so totally boring and skippable. I'm not even trying to be ironic.

[adam_f]

At my old job at the grocery store they had me learn how to do receiving so I could check in the vendors in the morning when the regular guy was on vacation. I got along with most of the vendors, but one time the Snyders of Berlin chip guy decided he was going to take fifteen minutes to talk about how his rabbit escaped to under his porch, until finally I stopped him with "I hope it's dead."

He looked at me and that was that. I don't even try to be polite now.

[Myu-to]

A pet peeve of mine is people that say the same story or fact over and over. Not like a month later or to be funny or anyhting like that, but during the same conversation.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...you just fuckin' said this.

[Kid Presentable]

I used to nod at length at this toothless guy who would buy three king-browns of Emu Export every so often, and he'd just prattle on and on and on and on and on and I'd go glassy and he'd go "eh?" like I'd said something and use it as an in to restart the story. He was a regular at two different bottlo gigs I 'd had, some years apart. By the end of it I just used to leave the store when he came in.

Once I bailed him up outside the supermarket and told him all about my Mother's side of the family. The prick.

[rirv]

I think the filter should be turned on before they talk about the video game at all, let alone the levels or characters.

[Adam]

hehe, reminds me of one of my favourite animaniacs cartoon

like KP suggested - its a pretty ironic thread you gotta admit. But basically ain't that the whole forum and blog world!? Only reason I'm here is cus I was looking for some1 who used to use this site years ago, I thought of starting a thread on it but who would care - now I'm talking about cartoons, rape and football.