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I was scared that he might have a hearing loss, so the first few times I did the "Could you please keep it down? I'm in the middle of a big project" I was extremely delicate about it, and he didn't mention any hearing problem then, which would have been the time to do it. Given his other conduct this summer, I'm more inclined to believe that he's just being a jerk. He's exhibited a total lack of social skills this summer.
And I'm hysterically LOL over Lady Pi Phi's suggestion to jump into his conversation, because he does that to other people all the time! He will come out of his office when I am having a private conversation with someone else and just join in like he was invited. (Which makes me think he can hear that there is a conversation going on, so further evidence of no hearing loss.) One of my co-workers and I have decided that the next time he does it, we're going to switch gears and start having a conversation about "female stuff" to see if he continues to participate.
We have now started just asking him to keep it down (very nicely) without giving a reason why (like big project, etc.) Still not working. Fortunately, I do most of my work from home, but I have to come in some mornings. Counting the days until he goes back to school.
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