I have an appointment and something to cash up on. Can we continue this conversation later 👋
Henry thanks for sharing.
I would say “something came up” or start talking to someone else.
Andre thanks for sharing.
A friend of mine and I worked together a long time ago. There was a person who would just walk up to our desks and start talking. My friend and I could see each other from our respective desks but we were not right next to each other.
We came up with a plan to help each other get rid of the “talker” from staying at our desks for hours on end.
When we saw this person at the other person’s desk, we would give him a minute or two and then call the other person from an outside line.
we would tell the person “I need to take this”. We would answer the phone and the person would walk away. That was the best way to fix the problem. We were captured at our desk otherwise until the person was done talking.
Jill that is awesome and thanks for sharing.
That’s an excellent answer
Thank you! I appreciate it. We still had to remain professional and not get this person in trouble. So this was a good solution for us. The person never knew what we were up to!
In my job i often go to very chatty patients, and when i know I’m going to someone who may keep me longer than my allocated time i will message my work teams chat and call me to tell me theres a SOS visit that i have to go to! haha
As much as i love talking to my patients sometimes i dont have the capacity to talk to them for as long as they want x
I’m pretty good at listening to people even though they may annoy me. If I see that the conversation is something that have already been discussed then I try to steer the conversation in a different direction. However, I can be very blunt and tell the person we already talked about this, or I can be straightforward and tell them I got to go.
Unless I really have something I need to do, I usually don’t walk away from someone who is annoying even though I would like to, I don’t want to come off as rude. But if I really do have something pressing, I’ll just say so! I’ll say something like, “I’m sorry to interrupt, but I have to (insert whatever I need to take care of).”
In my professional life I often have to go to seminars and conferences where you can get caught by people whom you want to escape from. Firstly I am always very polite and listen for the first five minutes, I then explain that I am attending the conference so that I can meet as many new people as possible so I need to excuse myself but that they can always make an appointment with my office to continue the conversation at a later date.
pretend your phone is ringing
answer it and act like there is an emergency that you have to get to
Elizabeth thanks for sharing.
your welcome
I patiently allow the person finish what he/she is saying, then I politely tell the person that I have something or maybe received an urgent message that I have to attend to. I will then proceed to smile and tell the person that we can always reschedule and I enjoyed the conversation and then politely excuse myself.
Udoh thanks for sharing. You are welcome. Thanks!
Just use the word, ” I see, the sense, you may be right” Never say someone is wrong. That will trigger a heated debate.
Hillary thanks for sharing.

Sylvester thanks for sharing.