Walking away from someone

[nocoincidences]

while still talking. Another of my pet peeves.

I am absolutely NOT going to follow you to hear what you are saying.

Stand the fuck still and talk to me if you want me to take you seriously.

Otherwise, I will tune you out the minute you get more than 5 ft. away.

[flying_wahini]

1. My husband does this all the time. When he asks if I heard him I just fail to respond until he comes back.

[Bayard]

2. My husband does this, AND mumbles

I just don't respond anymore.

I'm supposed to wear my hearing aids all the time, but rarely do. Doesn't matter with a mumbler anyway.

[nocoincidences]

6. That's a benign explanation for not wearing

your hearing aids. I have a housemate who does that every damn day. Except she comes in the room all excited, wanting to talk about a new author, but if I respond to what she is saying she says: Oh, I don't have my ears in.

The message to me is: I want to talk a lot about something but I really don't care about getting a response.

This is her recitation of a monologue disguised as offering a conversation.

How does your husband interpret it that you don't wear them. Maybe I am just paranoid or easily annoyed.

Well actually, I think I have made it obvious in my posts that I am easily annoyed.

[ret5hd]

3. A couple times while being talked to...

I realized I absolutely didn't want to listen to their rant and I just turned my back, looked at my phone and started walking.

Both people have not bothered me since. Very effective.

I know this is kinda the opposite of what you are discussing, but your situations made me think of these.

[nocoincidences]

5. I would do that and frequently have.

It is very effective at sending the message: I don't care what you are saying.

I guess when people walk away still talking the message is: I don't really care what I am saying.

[yorkster]

4. Of course, the flip side is the person who

walks away while the other person is talking. The walker will insist that they can hear you. Or 5 minutes later they will ask,"What were you asking me?", by which point the original point or question is forgotten..

[nocoincidences]

7. Oh yeah, that would tick me off, too.