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I have found a reply (stole it from Miss Manners, actually) that works stunningly well on the majority of these people:

Note: if your boss is one of these types of miserable human beings, the thig you need to do is find another job and leave as fast as possible.

I'm a therapist and so I spend hours listening to people ramble. But that's therapy and in my non-work communications I'd like it to be more like a tennis game. It's hard for me to stop my ingrained habit of just listening but if I don't I want to put my fingers in my ears and start screeching (or maybe hit them

Sunbro pose!