What would you do when a stranger won't stop talking to you?

• An interesting situation occurred to me today. Wasn't a bum asking for change or someone asking for directions. No, today I met a girl at the gym. Sounds exciting, no? No. She walked in when I was about an hour into my cardio routine and proceeded to walk on the treadmill right near mine. She said hi and I though nothing of it until she continued to talk. I don't mind some talking, but this was not something I was used to. A moderately attractive girl is speaking to me, but she won't shut up. No exaggeration, she literally spoke non-stop for about an hour. After about 20 minutes of talking to her and noticing that the conversation (more like her talking) was getting a little too much for what became my "sound-sensitive" ears to handle, I began to inch my way to the door. This girl was really nice... too nice... so nice that I couldn't just say, "listen, I really don't give a crap about what you're saying and I really have to go home now". Took 40 minutes of talking and blah, blah, blah politely before I was finally able to get out the door and literally ran for my car. During the final exchanged words she asked a couple of questions: When do you usually work out? How often do you work out? I answered: Every day except Sunday, usually at about 8:00 a.m. She continued by stating: Oh, I'm looking for a workout partner and I really don't have any friends. (it took her 1/2 a second to say this and in the back of my mind having this sarcastic voice that uttered, "I wonder why?") Problem is that in this panicked state, I was trying to get hell out and hoping to never encounter this person, who was so nice, but wouldn't shut the f*ck up, I lied. I actually work out in the afternoon or evening depending on my schedule. I didn't have the heart to tell this girl who seemed so socially inept, but was a very nice girl to just shut her damn mouth and start lecturing her on gym etiquette. For instance, how about going to the gym to actually work out, not talk about working out to strangers non-stop at a million f*cking miles/hour for an hour? I'm typically a no-nonsense, straight-forward, blunt and often times feel that it is necessary to be rude for others to actually "get-the-point" is certain situations. For some reason though... I couldn't do that to this girl. It was like she had me under some mind control where all I could do was to try and concentrate on what the hell she was trying to say. It was like watching a surgery on the Discovery Health Channel... It's making you sick... you want to turn away... and you can feel the cut of every incision that the surgeon is making, but you can't turn away. You can't stop watching until you know why this is being done if the first place. It's gruesome, but you still watch. It was kind of like that... I guess... I was so baffled at what had happened and what how I handled this situation that I went home and am now asking the question on Yahoo! Answers after not posting or answering anything for 2 years... Long winded story, thanks for reading, answer the question: What would you have done in this situation?

• Answer:

  Some people are like that ! They just HAVE to keep them jaws moving ,or they`ll explode ! It happens to me from time to time when I go into McDonald`s for a coffee . The place is almost deserted , and in comes an older man ............ he gets his coffee , and heads in my general direction . I`m not too worried because I`m the only other customer in the place , and he has his choice of tables galore ................ So where does he sit down ?? At MY table .............. and immediately starts telling me his life`s story !! He pauses , and asks me how I like the nice Fall weather we`re having ...... then before I can open my mouth , he`s telling me about his wife`s gall bladder operation ! When the situation deteriorates to this point , I pretend I don`t hear him , and simply grunt something unintelligible every now and then . often , these people will get up, and take their coffee over to a different table with a newly arrived customer .................... I certainly feel your pain !!