Feeling ignored?

Anyone else feel like people don’t pay attention to what you say? Ever had someone walk away while you were in the middle of a sentance talking to them? Does this only happen to quiet people? Should I chase after them like a puppy dog and keep on talking?

Sigh It just kind of gets to you after a while cause I know I’m not that dull.

Well, that only happens with one person, but it’s more a problem of him being too absorbed in his thoughts while maintaining a straight face.
I thought he was listening and then all of a sudden he “wakes up” and asks me what I just said…

Hm? Oh, sorry!

I’m afraid I do that sometimes, mostly to my wife when she’s going on about something that I’m not the least bit interested in. :rolleyes: I hate it when I do it, but something in my brain shouts something much more interesting at me and I’m gone.

I get that, I also get this thing where I make some observation or witty comment or whatever, and there is no reaction, and somone else repeats it within 3 minutes to standing fucking ovations. I mean what can you say, “Uh , I said that first?”. And I am not even particularly quiet.

I get that alot. I never speak up, and when I finally do, it’s like people aren’t expecting it, so they just don’t notice. I try not to hunt them down to finish the conversation. The way I look at it, if they walked away, they were probably too absorbed in something else.

Either that, or I am boring.:rolleyes:

haha i do it to my grandma when i visit her cos she goes on and i dont know if its cos shes old or what…lol:D

More seriously, the only person who ignores me when I speak is my wife. I generally keep quiet until I have something I really want people to know, so when I talk people (usually) want to hear what I have to say.

(A-hem. If anyone thinks otherwise, please tell me.)

And my wife has an attention span about as thick as a dime, so she often wanders off to a happy place or never realizes I’m talking to begin with.

Try shouting at the top of your lungs, it works for me. :smiley:

This happens to me too. People don’t seem to hear me a lot of the time.

However, it doesn’t happen when I’m drunk. I’m still not quite sure exactly what it is that loosens up in me when I’m drunk.

Hey, I actually talk a lot. That backfires too, because I find that people sometimes tune me out. It’s not just you quiet people who get ignored.

Things a little slow at work today, Mr. Jim? (I only say that because you’ve started 3 threads in the past hour) :slight_smile:

I will NOT be ignored! (best line in Fatal Attraction)

Blonde

Maybe it’s the name.

I don’t work til 3… On another board I moderated on I started more threads than anyone else…lol. Just haven’t got into the swing of things here yet.