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. 
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) 
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.