How to handle the associate sitting next to you that constantly talks and distracts you even when you're working on separate engagements?

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Sit somewhere else ?

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Headphones.

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Muzzle.

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Ask them to be quiet.

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Politely and privately discuss the issue with them. Surely they’ll be able to understand where you’re coming from. The level to which we as a society have become scared of interpersonal conflict, however slight, is astounding.

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Don’t they have quiet areas or rooms that you can book?

Depending on the associate’s receptiveness to feedback, I’ve either 1. Ping them I have to get something urgent done for [insert partner over the project] and I need undivided attn (usually they either say okay sorry or ask how they can help) , 2. Nod my head to wtvr they say then ignore after 3 sentences (usually they get the hint and don’t demand attn) , last resort I shhh them loudly (works every time...immediate peace and quiet)

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