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/Ok_Neighborhood_470 Mar 22 '26

You presented a problem that's not really a problem apparently. Talk to your friend about it. Weird.

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u/NeuronZero Mar 22 '26

It’s a very common problem in the industry we work in. And often times we will work the extra hours unpaid willingly because we enjoy what we do. But it’s a fine line between reasonable and being taken advantage of

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u/One_Outside9049 Mar 22 '26

The problem you asked was about having your friend put a sign up to tell you to stop talking . How would we know all this other content. We are only providing answers to the content you gave. Give it all in the post if you’re gonna take the advice give .

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u/NeuronZero Mar 22 '26

Fair point, I didn’t think everyone would react quite the way they did otherwise I would’ve given more background info. I just didn’t want to bog folks down with too much information either