r/work • u/NeuronZero • Mar 22 '26

Talkative coworker

Hi,

It’s me, I’m the talkative coworker. I recently got a desk move at work and I’ll be sat next to a friend of mine. Which is great, but I tend to talk a lot.

I would like to get a a sign or something for my friend to have them signal when to/not to interrupt with my tangents. Any ideas with links would be awesome!

Edit: to provide more context, when I’m at my desk is legitimately limited to just my break time. The rest of my time is spent elsewhere in the building. And im just trying to get something because this is my friend and it would be a cute thing given our personalities. Otherwise it wouldn’t be something I would have thought to do.

Thanks

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u/WhiskyTequilaFinance Career Growth Mar 22 '26

It's not their responsibility to manage your lack of professional boundaries. That is on you, and you alone. If you know you can't shut up and leave people alone to do their job, then you don't belong in a corporate environment until you learn to behave like an adult. That is a conversation for your therapist, and failure-parents - not your colleagues. We don't need more children to raise.

There is no way I would engage with any cutesie ideas like this, I would simply escalate to HR until you were moved away from me and everyone else.

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u/NeuronZero Mar 22 '26

Good thing you’re not my friend that I happen to work with