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Keep quiet, please
Dear Robin,
I have two extremely annoying classmates who sit directly behind me. They talk to each other through the entire class, making it extremely hard to concentrate. Is there a classy way to tell them to shut up?
Sincerely,
About to lose my cool
Hey hey,
Yes, I feel you. In my experience I just turned around and told them to be quiet, but I’m not the most liked person in the room, so I understand that you want to do this more tactfully. Hopefully you’ve got a buddy in the class who is just as annoyed with the people behind you as you are. Here’s the plan: get your buddy to sit in the row behind the annoying ones and have your buddy talk and be obnoxious all throughout class, just like the original trouble makers. Then turn around and look at your buddy and tell them to can it, in a rude manner. By doing this you won’t be hurting your friend’s feelings because you’re both in on the plan, and the people behind you will get the memo because they’ll be able to see the anger in your eyes.
Robin
Political science
Dear Robin,
Whom are you voting for in the upcoming federal election?
Sincerely,
Curious on campus
Hello,
Well wouldn’t you like to know. It’s tough being a celebrity like me because everyone wants to know what I think about this and what I think about that and what brand of shoes I’m wearing today and where I get my heirloom tomatoes from. Well guess what? You can’t know everything. I want to respect all parties and I feel that if I start talking about my voting choices here I’ll get too fired up to tame. Shoot me an email at the address above and we can chat.
Robin
