The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius)

[Barbara Richmond]

Jeff,

Hmmm, maybe we should compile a list of "techniques" and get them added to
the PACE lesson plans--or perhaps the information would make a promising
mini-technical!  :-)

Can't say that I ever timed the check writing ordeal.   For a while I was
suspicious that I had been set up on Candid Camera (oh, dear, that dates
me!).


Barbara (Will you excuse me? My cell phone is vibrating.) Richmond



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Olson" <jlolson@cal.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius)


> 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...
>