Barbara -- Already have tried that technique! Actually, I use it fairly frequently -- the check-writing period is one of the most dangerous for those suffering from Loquacious Syndrome. Besides, it's a good time to use the bathroom without wasting anyone's time :-). Jeff P.S. What's the longest time anyone's taken to write you a check? I've waited for up to fifteen minutes in cases where the person couldn't find a check (at which point I leave them with a bill). I've also had trouble with people -- often the elderly, but not always -- who can't talk and write at the same time. My only technique then, aside from the bathroom-escape gambit, is to become absolutely silent. Even one word can trigger a three or four-minute torrent of words... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@insightbb.com> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:13 PM Subject: Re: The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius) > Oh, the things we could tell! > > I had a customer who would want to talk while he wrote out the check. The > problem was he couldn't talk <and> write the check at the same time. It > took an agonizingly long time to get that check filled out. It seemed > like > the closer he got to finishing, the more he talked. After a couple of > appointments with him, I realized that if I excused myself to the bathroom > (whether I needed to use it or not) that the check would get written and I > would be out of his house in record time. :-) > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Olson" <jlolson@cal.net> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:48 PM > Subject: The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius) > > >>I occasionally have experiences like these with my customers. There are >>some people who seem unable to conduct a business-like exchange (which is, >>after all, what we're supposed to be doing), and must include every >>extraneous and utterly irrelevant detail of their lives while I'm >>struggling to get or deliver some basic information about their piano. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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