# How do I gracefully tell a coworker to stop talking to me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185 "2013-07-11T00:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185/41 "2013-07-12T22:28:16Z")

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> What’s even more irritating is that when I"m talking to another coworker while he’s working, he’ll tell us both to be quiet so that he can concentrate on his work.

Record him when he says this. Then play it back to him. 😃

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185/42 "2013-07-12T23:06:11Z")

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[Do this](http://s212.photobucket.com/user/PRUnderground/media/TheArnoldsFeignDeath-Larson.jpg.html) 😃

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