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Throw a bunch of strangers together and, whether it’s in a classroom, a work meeting or a training session, there will always be one know-it-all who just doesn’t shut up.  This person a) volunteers useless trivia at all times, b) adds on to whatever information is being given, usually involving an experience they had, c) asks a question that was already answered 20 seconds before, and sometimes if you’re lucky d) all of the above.  To make things interesting, I usually start a tally on how many times this person repeats the word “I” or common phrases such as, “Right, I read that, and did you know…” or “Yeah, that happened to me once, when…” or “…and did you know that…”

It’s inevitable.  Yet we’re always surprised and annoyed when we pick him out.*  He makes the meeting last longer than it has to be and tests your patience in so many ways.  How much effort does it take to stop rolling up your eyeballs, or to refrain from throwing something at him, or sighing heavily each time he opens his mouth. 

I was talking to my boss about this today.  He proposed an idiocy vaccine with fatal side-effects for those carrying the dominant gene.  I thought that was a bit harsh and suggested sterilization instead.  Either way, it’s a fabulous idea.  I’m going to preen my mochis to be the founders of this vaccine! 

*If you can’t pick him out or have no idea what I’m talking about, that annoying person is YOU.