There are plenty of older workers who are talkative at the office.

Some of them never seem to shut up. And some young people hardly say a word.

But it has struck me over the years that the general trend is for younger employees to be more chatty than the folks who have been on the job for decades. And you certainly can't blame them.These young people are excited to be out in the grown-up world of work. They have energy.

Their volubility is completely understandable. Besides, who wants to work in a silent tomb? 

But once you reach a certain age, it is possible to think back on the start of your own career and realize your older colleagues back in the day probably had to listen to their share of twentysomething jabbering. It would be nice to be able to go back and apologize. "Thanks for putting up with me and my tendency to express every thought back when I was a rookie."

Sadly, many of those who deserve to hear that are already gone.   

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