Jeff, Hmmm, maybe we should compile a list of "techniques" and get them added to the PACE lesson plans--or perhaps the information would make a promising mini-technical! :-) Can't say that I ever timed the check writing ordeal. For a while I was suspicious that I had been set up on Candid Camera (oh, dear, that dates me!). Barbara (Will you excuse me? My cell phone is vibrating.) Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Olson" <jlolson@cal.net> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:49 PM Subject: Re: The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius) > Barbara -- > > Already have tried that technique! Actually, I use it fairly > frequently -- the check-writing period is one of the most dangerous for > those suffering from Loquacious Syndrome. > > Besides, it's a good time to use the bathroom without wasting anyone's > time :-). > > Jeff > > P.S. What's the longest time anyone's taken to write you a check? I've > waited for up to fifteen minutes in cases where the person couldn't find a > check (at which point I leave them with a bill). I've also had trouble > with people -- often the elderly, but not always -- who can't talk and > write at the same time. My only technique then, aside from the > bathroom-escape gambit, is to become absolutely silent. Even one word can > trigger a three or four-minute torrent of words... >
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