What is the best way to get someone to shut up?

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It won’t be easy to answer your question helpfully without knowing what kind of situation you’re talking about. Are you referring to a chatterbox who talks during class, or someone who betrays secrets and makes inappropriate remarks, or someone who is a general loudmouth, or what?

Print out this and hand them out when needed…

A general loudmouth. You could hear this person a mile away

Pass her a note that says you think she’s got a “smudge” on the back of her pants/shorts/dress/skirt.

I’m with @Jeruba – we’re going to need more info.

I think George Carlin put it best when he said…

how about this. Her mouth is signing checks her ass can’t handle

Why do some people have to shut up? Let them talk. You know what they say about sticks and stones….
Anyway, you are not compelled to invite them over to dinner, or to invite them to move into your house, so what is making you listen to them?

how loud she is kinda steals my attention

Tell them the truth. Example: I was walking one night and there were 3 obnoxious loud teenagers walking by me. This was during a snowstorm here in NYC and I had to walk over a lot of snow. Because I have a really bad ankle, I kept slipping and when I slipped yet again, the teenagers started to laugh at me and amongst each other. I turned swiftly around, they stopped and I said, calmly (I suppose I sounded like a parent) “I broke my ankle a couple of years ago, it hasn’t been the same since – walking in this snow storm is really difficult for me.” You should have seen their faces and heard their apologies.

Direct your attention elsewhere. Or learn to formulate a rebuttal.

@ezamine Her mouth is signing checks her ass can’t handle Wait, what? I’m so confused.

The next time she opens her mouth, hold a sock out toward her and say, “May I?”

now that’s a funny way to do it

Leave. Walk away. Then come back.

Diarrhea of the mouth, with a constipated brain.

explain why i would go back

Where a watch,look at the time and when they keep talking and talking and won’t shut up say loudly excuse me but I really need to get to my next class. I’m pressed for time.Then just walk away.

Thanks, I’ll try that

If you figure this out, let me know. My neighbor corners me as I’m coming home, wanting to talk about our 86 year-old neighbor’s eccentricities and bunions.

That’s an awkward situation

You can control your own behavior, not anyone else. Walk away.

I can’t walk forever

Glue and a staple gun.

@ezamine Why not?

Space invader foam, it helps to seal cavities and stop hot air escaping.

Surgically implant them in the middle of a human centipede.

ask the teacher that you are being disturbed by her as to get her a mental health assessment….maybe she is ill.. or you could live with it…

Is this person talking in class, during class? Or is this person simply talking loudly outside of class?

usually both during class and out of class

The best is to just ignore and not lose your temper because of unnecessary sundry reasons and people. I know it’s kinda hard not to get angry at people like them but you just need to ignore them. I used to have a bad temper and used to get irritated a lot. At one point, i was like John Sweeney of BBC going ballistic. But I’ve realized it’s pointless.

When my best friend started to constantly talk to me in seventh grade I just told politely told my teacher to move my seat. She never bothered me in Science class ever again, and I was able to get a pretty decent average.