[scantis]

You can unload task and work on them. When I have to deal with a smart talker I usually try to use the opportunity to pass the Sharon paddle. It shuts them up most of the time and they then avoid me. If I fiddle with a device, just moving away and let them do it, usually ends it very quickly. Put them on the spot. In meeting it is much better, but it is delicate art of baiting people and anticipating them. Unload unfavourable task to them and grab something fun on the way.

You be surprised, sometimes those smart talkers produce some interesting result when triggered correctly. Some get overwhelmed and might break, so be careful with this.

[JohnFen]

What's a "Sharon paddle"?

[scantis]

A very bad translation for "ferrymans oar".

[JohnFen]

Now I'm just feeling more stupid! What's a "ferryman's oar"? (Assuming it isn't literally an oar used by a ferryman).

[scantis]

It's a story, the ferryman has the oar, he stops being the ferryman without it, the next guy having it is the new ferryman. So you just pass it on. It's a task you can never finish but only pass on.

[JohnFen]

Thank you so much!