me: I just need to finish listening to this thing before I get to my drop-off uber driver: ah, that reminds me of a time I had things to do that required minimal distraction, here is a 45-minute retelling
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Truthfully, I think people like this are playing a game that forces the other person to either engage fully on one side's terms or become a bitch ("she put her earbuds in while I was still talking!" or "she told me I'd better shut up if I wanted a tip!")
People can also play this game within conversations by refusing to cooperatively move the conversation around when other people want to talk about something else. Negotiating a shared conversation trajectory is something you take for granted until you encounter this
