Re: Me, me, me.
Originally Posted by
susan m
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I used to catch the bus each day for a half hour journey. I had noticed one particular woman would sit next to people and talk incessantly at them . I always avoided eye contact .
I was on the bus coming home and as we stopped at the bus station I noticed she was in the queue and in a few moments she had plonked herself next to me and opened her mouth to start and out came a load of uninteresting talking . As she started I looked blankly at her and mouthed
" sorry I'm deaf "
It worked
Oooh! She won't be bothering you again, Susan!
I don't mind people talking to me for a few minutes, but when they start talking about people I don't know, who are ill or have passed away,
that annoys me. I just say I'm sorry for their loss and try and make an excuse to end the conversation, or an excuse to leave. I do feel for them, but if I don't know them, or the people they are referring to....