Conversation Stealers

You're probably one of the many jerks out there who have done this. You probably don't even know you're guilty of doing it. You open your mouth for no reason, you're a conversation stealer.

Ever been in a situation where you overheard someone talking to someone else, and you decided to interject? No sir, you're too good to just keep talking about the same subject, rather, you focus in on one piece of the topic and pull a one-eighty.

"So the Patriots will win the superbowl. Wanna know why?"
"Oh, you're talking about sports? Are you ready for the U.S. Open?"

Conversation stolen. We were actually talking about football, about one specific team. You switched subjects on us.

Then there are those that are totally oblivious, and they steal the conversation without even knowing they did it.

"So the Patriots will win the superbowl. Wanna know why?"
"Hey, did you guys watch American Idol last nigh-oh, where talking about something? So anyway, the one guy sang blah blah blah."

I don't know if that's a conversation steal as much as it is just a total ego-centric vacuum of needing every person's focus to be on that individual.

There's an online equivalent to this. They're called thread jackers. They pretty much do the same thing. It's actually mind boggling that on a medium where people can actually read and absorb the information being presented in a particular thread, that they are still so self-centered that they have to turn the focus on themselves. The internet is pretty big place. They could have went somewhere else.

So the next time you feel like opening your mouth, please listen to what's being said. If you can't contribute, please walk away and find people who aren't talking. Or you know, you can wait a bit and switch topics as an appropriate time. It's probably ok, we probably love talking to you. We just hate your self-centered life.