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Lately, when people are talking to me, I zone out on them.

Usually it's after I figure out what they are trying to say and am waiting for them to get to the damned point.

Sometimes I actually walk away while they are talking to me.

It's not that I'm distracted, it's just that what they are saying isn't important at all, so I hear where they are going with the conversation, get there before they do, and then think of something else.

Weird. Not very typical. I've also taken to finishing their sentences because I swear to God it's like they are talking in slow motion.

Maybe I'm just that much smarter than everyone else.

That must be it. :P

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  • I zoned out half-way through that lot... What were you saying again? ;-)

    I can relate to what you are saying dude - I do that all the time too. I tend not to walk away mid-conversation, but I do find myself thinking about other, more important matters. My boss probably thinks I am doped up to the eyeballs sometimes, because I have been fading out more and more often lately...
  • I've been realizing it a lot lately as well. Especially when talking on the phone.
    • My favorite:

      Them:"Hi, this is so and so. I was told to give you a call because we are having a situation here at my office that needs some looking into."

      Me: (translating in my head): Hi, I'm XXXXX. I need help. "Ok, what can I do for you?"

      Them: "We have a blah blah blah situation, (where explaining blah blah blah situation should take 10 seconds but it takes 5 minutes)and I'm trying to get blah blah blah to work but it won't. Can you help me?"

      Me: "Sure. Let me get into your network and take a look.
  • classic Dilbert. Dogbert, actually.
  • I've also taken to finishing their sentences because I swear to God it's like they are talking in slow motion.

    You live south of the Manson-Nixon line. Everything in life is a trade-off; in this case you gave up real time speech for sweet tea.

  • No, not addition, but attention deficit disorder. No, not the hyperactive kid, but adult-diagnosed ADD. If you tend to only read the first paragraph in a JE than skip most of the rest, and stuff like that, you may want to get checked.

    Yes, I was diagnosed ADD in college.
    • Don't think it's ADD.

      I typically read everything you people write :)

      I do think I've just had so much on my mind lately that oh blue car! Shiny.

      (Ok, you saw that coming, but I couldn't disappoint)
      • nah it's not ADD.
        It's IDGAF

        It's an older and more prevalant affliction.

        I tune out people at work constantly.
        But mostly because they are lonely older divorced unsatisfied with life women who have nothing to talk about except the minute details of everything that happened in thier life infact their whole conversations are like runonsentancesthatcannotbedecipheredevenifyoureall ygaveafuck.
    • Yes, I was diagnosed ADD in college.

      Man, we ALL did that back in college! FOR THE RITALIN.
  • Lately, when people are talking to me, I zone out on them.

    Usually it's after I figure out what they are trying to say and am waiting for them to get to the damned point.

    Isn't this how everybody reads /.? :p At least keeps me occupied while my codebase compiles.
  • was after sitting there "talking" to someone at my last office and they droned on and on for like 10 minutes, and really early on I just blocked them out since I wasn't facing them, but we had adjacent desks. At some point he asked me a question, and stopped talking waiting for my answer. I turned around and he was looking at me funny, waiting for my answer of course. He went "and?" and the only thing that came out of my mouth was "uhm...you were doing that talking thing again, weren't you?"
  • what was your mos?

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