You were making a great point until <i>They&#x27;d walk into the office and immediately start up some useless conversation</i> and <i>they&#x27;d just shut the f up.</i><p>They both illustrate you suffer from the same condition they are: that neither one of you respects the way the other is. What silence is to you (an me perhaps) social interaction and &quot;pointless chat&quot; is to them. If your productivity went up by them not talking, theirs will go down for the same reason.