Charlie Baxter

I don't want to be here anymore.

I want to leave and not listen to your endless drivel.

But you say, oh, my presence is just so distracting that I think you'd enjoy the thing you are doing a lot more if I removed myself from the situation.

So, yeah, please forgive my existence and let us both remove it immediately from the vicinity.

I love it so much because they're not busy.

You're the one trying to leg it, but you've made it sound like you're being generous.

It's so quintessentially British.

But yes, let's move on to the final part of our three-step formula.

But before we do, a quick recap of steps one and two.

So the scene, you're at lunch, your colleague is making you wish you hadn't sat near them and you're desperate to leave.

They finally pause for a breath and

And this is your moment to hit them with all three steps.

So you've already done step one and two, which is right.

Step one.

I'd better crack on.

Step two.

Now we need to do step three.

OK, and this is the warm bit at the end.

It leaves the door open for next time.

And I'll be honest, I've struggled with this one myself on this very podcast because at the end of every interview I do, I can't help but say thanks so much for coming on the show.