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I was with an old coot that started to share a recent event in his life and began by saying, \u201cIn 1962, I had blah, blah, blah.\u201d That\u2019s where I stopped him. \u201cThis is 2022; we don\u2019t have time for a story that starts 60 years ago and works its way to the present. You\u2019ve got three minutes to get to the point!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

This is how you have to treat a \u201clong-talker,\u201d even though the tale probably will be fascinating, but us \u201cshort-talkers\u201d have something we want to say, too. If we don\u2019t stop him, we\u2019ll never get a turn. Short-talkers spit out their tales like ads on TV that cost millions of dollars per minute. We get to the point! <\/span><\/p>\n

If someone wants more than we covered, they can ask. This abrupt interruption of a long talker is the only way you get an opportunity to get your oar in the water.  <\/p>\n

Old guys are famous for parading out an extensive discourse, but should know better than to go on and on so long they get interrupted by a short-talker like me, asking \u201cIs there a point to this?\u201d Or, by the body language from everyone else, that screams, \u201cEnough already!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Some long-talkers don\u2019t even notice that their audience is shrinking. People slinking off, when he\u2019s looking the other way. I say, \u201cSorry, have to go, I have a dentist appointment.\u201d It seems I go to the dentist a lot.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s even worse when a long-talker gets stuck on a detail that has no bearing on his ramblings, and starts talking to him self. \u201cIt was on a Tuesday – no, it was a Thursday – no, it had to be a Wednesday because everyone kept saying it was Hump Day.\u201d<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

WHO CARES? Did the guy who fell off the ladder get hurt, or not?<\/p>\n

This is the world of old coots I live in; you do too, I suppose, just not as bad as mine. It\u2019s worse for us old guys who are short-talkers, who keep bumping into long-talkers. <\/span><\/p>\n

I wish you much luck in surviving the Long Talkers in your world. At least with long-writers you can stop reading any time you want. We\u2019ll never know, and you won\u2019t have to suffer. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

This was written in the Owego Kitchen three month ago, but got lost in my notebook. I think it was on a Monday, or a Tuesday? Maybe it was a Friday?<\/i><\/p>\n

Comments, complaints? Send to \u2013 mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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