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[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh, I met someone once who spoke really slow and made long pauses to when he spoke.

Great guy, but I started finishing his sentences out of desperation.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I would have to take notes. No way in hell my attention span is clearing that many hurdles.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

my new manager is like this except somehow there's still not room to get a word in and then he's three topics later and you're sitting there like k well guess you didn't care to hear what I had to say about this, enjoy your three days of trouble shooting this and getting behind schedule