This morning a couple co-workers from another section came to my office. Ordinarily this would be nothing to write home about, or at least nothing write about period, but today's situation was different. One of the two people was 'The Mumbler' and she was mumbling away to this second person, I'll call Gary, who in turn responded with non commital uh huh's in all the right places (if there are any right places to acknowledge something when The Mumbler is talking). These uh-huh's sounded void of feeling as if he was just mecahnically responding to make the appearance of listening. All those who have ever had a run in with The Mumbler know this all too well.
When I saw the situation unfold, I burst out laughing. I laughed because every now and then I am in the same sitation with The Mumbler and knew that Gary wasn't really listening to what The Mumbler was mumbling about. Gary did his best to hold his laughter (he knew exactly why I was laughing) but on his exit from my office he cracked and started to laugh. All the while The Mumbler continued to mumble.
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