Thursday, August 07, 2008

Close talker, Being a

If you insist on being a close-talker, do your library's patrons and your coworkers a favor and try to have good breath.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a "personal space invader" who likes to walk right up on me where I'm sitting at a desk and stands too close while talking. So her face isn't in my face, but she's too damn close. Back off, yo!

Anonymous said...

And if you have just come from a smoke break (which consists of sitting in your car and inhaling both first and secondhand smoke), have the decency to pop a tic-tac!

zelda said...

Which is worse: a close-talker or a tit-talker...You know, those guys who never look at your face, but instead...

Anonymous said...

Hey, tit-talkers ain't just men! I've known several women, straight too, who talk to the tits...somehow this makes them feel more comfortable than looking at you eye-to-eye. Very weird.

Anonymous said...

Oh, the tit talkers. It's even weirder when it's at a holiday party and their spouse is present, and standing next to them, while they stare at your breasts.

Anonymous said...

I have gingivitis, a severe case. But I use it to my advantage. For example, when my skanky bully co-worker attempts to micro-manage me, I make sure I get up-close-and-personal when I talk to her. And it works wonders with problems patrons, i.e. sex offenders, stoned teenagers, drunks. Well, maybe not the drunks.

Monster Librarian said...

YUCKO! I have a fellow co-worker who insists on this nasty habit, but does us all the honor of eating really stinky garlic, meaty lunches before he shares his breath stink with us!

Anonymous said...

Maybe he thinks garlic breath is sexy??

Anonymous said...

Well, monster librarian, are you a skanky, bullying, micro-manager?

Anonymous said...

Yeah for realz. Good breath would help. I try and work several different techniques when dealing with a close talker. I wrote an article called What To Do About CLOSE TALKERS. Check it out.