March 24, 2009PowerPhrase of the Week ~ The man I love (manager I support, etc.) keeps interrupting me
Ron chatted away as Becky packed a box for Ron to take to the post office. At one point, Ron asked Becky to work a little faster since he wanted to leave soon. Becky replied,
- I understand and I’m working as fast as I can. The man I love keeps interrupting me.
Sounds better than, I’ll get it done faster if you’ll shut up, doesn’t it?
Adjust ito to use at work – depending on your relationship with the person.
- The manager I support keeps interrupting me.
- Someone I respect is distracting me from the job.
- My friend keeps saying things I want to hear.
Of course you might want to simply say,
- While I want to hear what you have to say, I need to focus if I’m going to get this done.
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At work there is a co-worker who loves to chat.
Not just a 5 or 10 minute talk but 30 or 40 minutes.
I have said to him: I need to get this done, I have to
finish this, let’s continue this conversation later.
You’re right that it depends on your relationship with the person. I might just say “quiet” to my husband.
I do realize that I’m trying to take control away from
the person interrupting me by suggesting they take some
other action.
Comment by Phoebe — March 25, 2009 @ 10:53 am