Friday, June 1, 2012

#098 Interjecting Confirmations

Vocal Emissions-guy strikes again.

He's still exhibiting the same behavior all the time, but now he's gotten even more annoying. He constantly interjects, saying such things as "uh-huh" and "yes, sir" and "gotcha" and "got it" and "excellent" and "sure" and a whole bunch of other terms or phrases to confirm his understanding or agreement with a conversation.

The only problem is that if someone is trying to explain something, he doesn't even wait until that person has finished speaking *an entire sentence* before interjecting. Generally people pause after explaining something to allow the other person in the conversation to ask a question or confirm whether they agree or disagree, but apparently this guy doesn't even have the social aptitude to determine when exactly that is. Either that, or he doesn't care.

I just listened to a conversation this guy had with another guy that sits near me, and he averaged about 3-4 seconds between interjections within a 5-minute conversation. That is OBSCENE. Luckily this guy doesn't spend much time in the office area because he doesn't manage his time well and ends up working 56 hours (or more) a week. However, I don't even have to SEE him to know when he's in the office because I can always HEAR him.

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