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Hello- I am a 3rd year PhD student in a molecular biology lab. We have a Post-Doc in our lab who is very intelligent and a good scientist. However, we also know him as the "distractor," because he will come to your bench or desk and start talking to you about something irrelevant or most commonly, gossip about your coworkers. It's very difficult to get him to stop talking to you and he doesn't take social cues that indicate a lack of interest in the conversation or that yo might actually be busy with something. Worse yet, if you upset him he will not talk to you for a few days (like a middle schooler). This may sound like the solution, but we need to be able to ask him questions as he is very knowledgeable about the lab. I'm not saying that I don't want to talk to my coworkers, but not if it means me having to work even longer hours!!! He would rather talk all day and work all night. I have tried everything I can think of- closed-end responses, continuing to work, delayed responses, no eye contact when he is babbling, etc. Has anyone else faced a similar problem? Any ideas?
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- posted on Feb 12, 2012 10:19:48 AM PST
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