Why do people feel the need to ask questions only to answer them in the following sentence? I was on my way to the shop a couple of days ago when I became trapped behind two women talking and one of them just kept doing it!
"Do you know what he does? He is a..."
"Do you know what she said? She said..."
"Do you know what I think? I think..."
Arg! Shut the hell up! If you don't want me to provide an answer, don't ask me a question in the first place. It is just a waste of time. Cut out all the crap, get to the point in half the time and then you will only have wasted 5 minutes of my life instead of 10.
Another conversational flaw that really grates on my nerves is when people make noises when they are thinking of something to say:
"What did you think of the film?"
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I thought..."
Why do some people hum when they cannot think of an answer? Not only is it annoying and pointless but it makes the offending individual look (and sound) like they have learning difficulties.
If you can't think of anything to say, take a moment and forumalate a thought in your head... in silence! Then when you are ready to respond, speak in an eloquent and informative manner instead of filling my head with an awful buzzing sound, you complete moron!
As you can probably tell, I often run short on patience.
