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Cant_wait!Cant_wait!
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I hate when people guess what word I'm going to say and finish my sentence or say the word at the same time I say it. I have a coworker who does this and I don't know how to tell her to STOP IT! I know what I'm saying, it's not like when someone is reaching and trying to remember a word, there's no pause or anything. It's so irritating.
I also realized on Sunday that old/new supervisor at part time job does this too. I don't know if I can handle two people in my life that do this.
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  • nicoleg1982nicoleg1982 member
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    edited December 2011
    H does this.  I actually threw a Gatorade bottle at him Kuus style b/c he'd done it 3x in a row.  I yelled at him, "CAN I PLEASE SPEAK WITHOUT YOU GETTING IT WRONG?!"
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  • Cant_wait!Cant_wait!
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    edited December 2011
    It's always the last word of the sentence, too. If I came up with the rest of the sentence on my own, pretty sure I can handle speaking the last word also. GAHD.
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  • MinMMinM
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    edited December 2011
    I would tell CW it bothers you, but don't expect them to change.

    As for supervisor, you might just have to suck that up. However, if you can come  up with a different word, I would say, "No, actually, THIS is what I was TRYING to say, blah, blah, blah."
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  • NOLABridesmaidNOLABridesmaid member
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    edited December 2011
    I make an effort not to do this with my students that stutter.

    I just wait, even when I know what their trying to say.
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  • Butter CookieButter Cookie member
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    edited December 2011
    I... admit to doing this to Boss AND to H.

    Not all the time, but with Boss he has medically diagnosed ADD and I get super annoyed waiting for him to come back from whereever the hell he goes in his brain to finish the sentence I already heard him say 8 different ways.

    With H it's only when he's watching tv and spaces out mid sentence.

    Still, I feel bad after.
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  • NOLABridesmaidNOLABridesmaid member
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    edited December 2011
    Yes, they don't stutter as much when they are comfortable with the person.
     
    I have a kid that stutters, and spits, but I just back up when I talk to him.:)
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  • zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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    edited December 2011
    I do this to people all the time.  I'm just trying to help them talk faster so we can all get on with our lives. :)
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  • ReturnOfKuusReturnOfKuus member
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    edited December 2011
    MIL does this all the time.  It drives me crazy.
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  • Cant_wait!Cant_wait!
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    edited December 2011
    I don't pause, though. It's when I'm speaking normally. Maybe if I had a pause or was searching for a word I'd understand it. And then they continue to say the word at the same time as me. It makes me want to choke people, though, I swear.

    My H stutters (or used to, now that I think about it I haven't heard him stutter in ages) so I know better than to do this to people.
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  • zsazsa-stlzsazsa-stl member
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    edited December 2011
    I do it most often to H.  But I challenge any of you to have a conversation with him and not at least be tempted.  The man has been known to eat an entire sandwich mid sentence.
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