Nonstop talker employee turns coworker’s workdays into daily struggle with endless interruptions, repetitive questions: ‘They just stand up and stare at me until I take my headphones off to hear them’

We've all been there—trapped under the verbal avalanche of a coworker who, while not evil or malicious, seems to have been born with a unique superpower: the ability to make your job unbearable by simply talking. Meet the Nonstop Talker, a workplace phenomenon who doesn't just share your cubicle but also occupies every free second of your mental bandwidth.

It starts innocently. They ask questions—so many questions, most of which could be answered by a little-known ritual called Googling, or a basic glance at the resources you painstakingly prepared for them.

Just so we're clear, if you're explaining the same thing for the fifth time and their pen never once touches paper, or their fingers aren't typing on any sort of device. It's not training—it's parenting.

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