do you know people who talk about themselves in the 3rd person?

[fluffernutter]

does it drive you as crazy as it does me?

i have an aquaintance/coworker who always does this: "Bob works out like that because it makes Bob feel great!" or "Bob got lucky last night" followed by a *wink*.

i just do not get this! where did he lose the ability to say "I"? should i ask him?

tell me i'm not alone in this pet peeve - or tell me one of your own

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. Lefta Dissenter

just hates that, as well!

[auntAgonist]

2. well, auntAgonist thinks..

that's really annoying.

"I" know people who do that, is it supposed to be 'cute'?
drives me up a wall.

[salin]

3. salin is only aware of one person, Bob Dole, who does this

on a regular basis.

[Nitrogenica]

4. Jayson is tired of jayson doing that all the time.

[Wat_Tyler]

5. Yeah. HEyHEY.

The bastard.

[Longgrain]

6. No, Longgrain doesn't talk of himself

in the third person. He's too busy talking about himself in the first.

[McKenzie]

7. We doesn't know my preciousss

Ask him where "Bob" is today...and him telling you he got laid is a sign that a few wires are in the wrong place LOL!

[Left Is Write]

8. Does Bob appear on "Becker"?

[progmom]

9. My old boss did. It made me crazy.

I hated it. It's just downright creepy.

Plus he used to talk about "mute points" all the time.

And bought a super-expensive Kinkade and bragged about how much he spent on it.

[Ediacara]

11. Wow, Kinkade huh?

did he talk about moot points or mute points?

[JohnKleeb]

10. Yeah fluff it drives me crazy

its annoying.

[bettyellen]

12. i knew this guy who'd talk about ME in the third person...on top of that

he'd call me by a different nickname all the time....
I'd have no idea who he was talking about and then I'd think wait a minute, this is about me!
why is he telling me about me anyway?

[Melynn]

13. That's just strange

I never heard of someone doing that. That would both annoy and creep me out at the same time.

[bettyellen]

14. yeah, well i hated the nick names so much, i didn't notice the rest of the

weirdness until a few days later. LOL. he would not call me Betty, ever.
really annoying.