Mind your own business please...

You mean, do you talk openly with your friends like everybody can hear?? If yes, it seems like every co-worker in the office can join in the conversations. Normally, if I don't want to share my conversations with others, we will only talk among ourselves and that means no 'invited' comments are allowed. If somebody just comes in and gives his/her opinions, then, we just say, 'oh...' and will not proceed with the conversations. However, if I talk like everyone can hear, of course, some co-workers will join in like it is an open conversation. Sometimes, it can be funny. So, it really depends on the situation.

Hi oasis, I hope I am not the uninvited opinionated person out here. . I agree such things occur. However, most of the time these people just want to belong, and do not have adequate self confidence. They may even have some problems such as they way they talks or walk or just any other problem. If they are being too voluble, in all probability they have something eating them. Hurting them will make matters worse for them, like they might wallow in self pity, or cry in front of boss. The right way is to be kind to them and include them in the group instead of isolating them. Soon they will be out with their actual problem which I am sure u all can collectively think of resolving. Even if u all cant, at least u all would have added an "ally forever". Oh! but it is not necessary to do all this. Just dont say M.Y.O.B. . That is enuf. :)

Yes, This used to happen at work really frequently actually. Actually the girl in the cube next to me once listened to a entire conversation that I had with my husband, he was complaining that I was gaining weight, and she was really angry and told me my husband was a jerk, because I was not fat at all, and she didn't want me to become anorexic and all this stuff. Which was nice in a way because she was worried about me, but it was kind of rude that she was listening to my conversation and while my husband was being a jerk only I can say that out loud. LOL

hi yes even i dont like some one who intervenes into my personal things without my permission.i dont like people who take over lenience and just poke their noses into my matter.i dont interfere into other's matters unless i am required to voice out my opinion and i value others privacy and personal space and i also expect the others to do the same or else just to mind their own business. have a great time

With regard to your question, I was also trapped in similar situation, wherein I am in the middle of discussion to a friend then someone will just butt-in to the conversation. I will just say excuse me and will try to end the discussion, because I think it is not proper to just butt-in on a conversation or discussion.

I dislike it too!It's awful that one guy invite himself into our conversation have anythings with him.It often happened to me."Mind your own business please",you know what made things worse,he still went in spite of my warn!I don't know how to do about that,it's bad,but I will not wreck a havoc!and go away,leave the mean guy!

Yes, I know the garrulous and gossipy types who are always interested in a good bit of gossip. Mind you, they are seldom there to give you any serious advise…they butt in only to satisfy their own dirty curiosity. What I usually do is mumble something like ‘oh we were discussing something personal’ and change the topic and if that person is still standing, we get up and change places.

Where I work we have a co-worker that does this quite often. She is always sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She can hear just a bit of a conversation and before you know it, she is off discussing what she thought she was hearing with someone else. She is famous for making comments or walking into conversations and saying "oh what were you talking about?" One of my other co-workers and I do our best to ignore her. Anytime she asks about what we were discussing we either say "nothing important" or make up something quickly. I don't know how else to deal with it. She's been with the company for much longer than I have. How she has lasted so long, I will never know.

Fortunately for me, where I work we are basically pretty close as a team and when these things happen it is easy to shrug it off. Just the same, there was a time when someone I am not particularly close to suddenly dropped in on a conversation I was having with one of my friends. I gave her a cold look and ignored her comment. It was good that she got the message and backe off or it would have been ugly because what she said was particularly nasty even though it was intended to sound like a joke.

M.Y.O.B. I hate this words..

That situation is annoying sometimes who will just directly intrude to your conversation that you never invited. I agree with you that you should tell him/her like that because it seems that person does not respect you.

hi oasis, i comepletely undderstand what you are saying. i really hate those people to join in my conversation without inviting. i have a roommate always intending to join my conversation with my friend. one tip for you, when you are chatting with your friend, the man uninvited join in your conversation, you keep quiet immediatly, so he knows that he is not welcome.:)

It is indeed quite rude to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people and then butting in to their chitchat is even worse. In situations like these, I just ignore the person, let him know that his unwanted.