Dr. Rebecca Gibson @RGibsongirl
For a small fee, I will go to your enemy's conference presentation, be the first one to raise my hand, and have "more a comment than a question" for 3/4 of whatever time is allotted for questions. For a bit extra, Ill make sure to remind them of how tenuous their argument is.
I always wonder what people doing this are expecting to happen in the minds of the rest of the audience. Do they really expect people to think "Wow, such an eloquent and well-thought comment, I'm sure glad I spent 10 minutes listening to this random guy instead of the actual expert I was here to listen to!" or are they just so oblivious that they don't even consider that other people are in the room with actual questions to ask?
They're oblivious. Some people just can't stop talking. It's not just talking too much, but literally talking constantly even if someone else is speaking or commenting on what other people are talking about even if they're not part of it, etc. They're really annoying to be around and especially annoying if you're trying to present something for a group and they think they're having a one-to-one conversation.