It requires some status and a consistent record of not being a jerk to do this (or to convince yourself to do this), but: “[Big Talker] has been talking for 2 hours, and [Small Talker] hasn’t really had much opportunity to talk about [thing Small Talker does]. Mind if we hear from [Small Talker] for a bit? ”
It requires some status and a consistent record of not being a jerk to do this (or to convince yourself to do this), but: “[Big Talker] has been talking for 2 hours, and [Small Talker] hasn’t really had much opportunity to talk about [thing Small Talker does]. Mind if we hear from [Small Talker] for a bit? ”