Do you know people who are good at their jobs, but not good to talk to?

I know exactly what your talking about. I know a woman at work that is very smart and goes by procedure no matter what but when it comes to her social skills...she is really lacking. I think she had been spoken to a couple of times because she can come across very aggressive when she talks to people. She has stepped on several toes including mine

Oh my Goodness!! I work with a lady like this. We work for a popular cleaning company and she has been with this same company for 14 years. She is excellent at what she does, and I have truly learned alot from her. But when it comes down to it, if we aren't working separately, we are having issues. She talks non-stop and dominates every conversation and she whines while talking to you. I don't mean whining as in a bad thing, or complaining, but the tone of her conversational voice. "Roooooooose, you should have picked up the phooooooone." That was the other day when we went to separate buildings to work and she couldn't call me. She had misdialed the number so many times and left so many messages that they number she called called her back and cursed her out! She's about 70 years old and doesn't know that you can dial from your contacts on your cell phone, so she tries to memorize it and dial it and messes up. She was upset with me and I had to hear her whiny complaints for 45 minutes. We only get 2 hours per building. I was short by about an hour of finishing. OMG! She wants to talk about her new trailer and her dogs and maybe getting a cat and her windows.....and you get the picture! I have surgery soon, so I will get at least a 6 week break from her.

I have also come across people like this and it si very very difficult to interact wiht them. They would not only be assertive and brimming with confidence when they are wrong, they would also expect you to go with it. How did you finally handle her?

Don't know if this is really about this topic, but we have one that lives behind us, forget talking to her, she already knows the answers. Yesterday she came to my door said her mother gave her a computer, would I come to show her what she needed to hook it up. I went (the good neighbor I am) lets see she had a computer that I would say was about 15 years old. Some one told her she didn't have enough cords to hook it up so I started, she had a power cord, a monintor cord, a keyboard and mouse, and speakers. I said you got it all, she immediately got on the phone and called some man who told her, No you need more cords to hook it up. I ask her where are you going to plug in another cord, there is no place to do it. She said, he says we need more cords, then she started about some place that sells internet service for $29.99 a month, Best Buys, I tried to tell her she needed to check with them to see if her computer would carry a wireless modem, but she already had the answer to that. So if these people already know the answers why do they need you. Her conversations on other things are so far out in space I have no idea most of the time what she is talking about.

When you have a job you know what to do and you like doing it and even if you dont you know what to do and your brain goes into a mode that makes you go without acting.

Yes, it's my own dad. He's a workoholic, but his good in doing his job. He never worries about finding a new job, since people always offer him a great position in a company. He's 60 yrs now, but totally looked like in his late 40's. Unforunately, he can't communicate well with his own children. Our conversation mostly ends up with a fight. He treated his kid almost like his subordinate. Oh...well, I guess I'm used to it now.

There are lot of people who are very good at work but they are not able to present at the best, they have the problem of either stage fear or it may be due to some feeling of poor vocabulary

Well, it sounds like she is very good at her job. I remember a gal that I worked with at the telephone years ago. She was very good at her job but such a ditz. Like the silly blonde. She just didn't get it. She went on to be an exec's assistant and did very well for herself.

There are people who book smarts and people who are street smarts. Maybe she's just meant to be book smarts. She thinks analytically. She just doesn't wanna be wronged cuz of her ego. I was like that when i was younger. I figured that arguments aren't worth winning if you know you're wrong.

I know one person exactly like her when I was still teaching as a school teacher. She was older than me and had a lot of experiences in teaching and she's really good at what she is doing but she's that kind of person whom you dont want to talk to with because she will take every thing against you. I never trusted her again ever since she did that to me. I also learned to fight back if she does something like that to me.

Yes i have dealt with people like that. But they get the job done, annoying i know.

well some people are "know-alls". she should really try to accept corrections or comments from others. if she keeps making mistakes especially at her job, it might lead to trouble sooner or later.