It was a fairly dramatic example of being talked at. We were chatting on the phone and she was telling me about something. I attempted to ask about a point she’d just made – but the flow of talking continued unabated.
I then used my favourite technique for getting somebody’s attention (it rarely fails) – I used her name (let’s call her Helen)
‘Helen?’ She carried on.
Tried again. ‘Helen, can I ask you something?’
She carried on.
I thought, okay, lets go for it here:
‘Helen? Helen?’ (Still she carried on). Continue reading →
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