Facial Expressions for Difficult Co-Workers

Perhaps this has happened to you. It's a particularly tiresome morning and you've shuffled over to the tiny break area in peace to grab some coffee. In the midst of your mid-morning wake up, a rather obnoxious co-worker notorious for their non-stop talking, corners you by the cream and sugar determined to chat away about the inappropriate or uninteresting details of their personal life.

Well in such cases we may need to mask our true feelings that tend to creep out onto our face and make it plain as a bagel that we are just not interested, we just don't care, or we just want to get away...or all of the above. However the general social etiquette requires that we offer some form of polite recognition of our annoying workmate's diatribe...so here are a few facial expressions to practice.

If all else fails, and Chatty Chad doesn't get the hint or reach a conclusion, fall asleep and explain later that you're a narcoleptic (which will bode well for you when they start up again , "Oh well that's OK. I was just saying...." zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...and turn on the snoring and drooling for a convincing act)

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