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I'm not suggesting being rude or even ignoring people when they talk to you. I always respond to everyone, and politely (maybe that's my problem, I'm too polite and too nice) and as long as it takes.
But I'm with Meeera. If someone's nose is buried in a book when you start talking to them and they immediately go back to the book after responding, whether it's a short conversation back, laugh at the joke, whatever polite response they give you, do you seriously take that as an invitation to keep talking their ear off for hours?
Mind you, I'm not talking about the short quick conversations that do happen when standing in line or passing people in the street or out for walks. I'm talking about the total strangers who start talking to you like you're their long lost relative and keep talking for hours nonstop when you're clearly engaged in something else. Yes, reading qualifies as that something else.
I'm not a big talker anyway, but that behavior to me is just extremely bizarre. And annoying.
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