When I was a student, I did a bit of a one man social experiment and made a point of never repeating myself for about 6 months. Drove my housemates wild
Ha! Infuriating. Have you ever done that thing to someone where you’re talking to them and instead of looking at their eyes, you look at their ear? Really annoying.
2 of us studying psychology spent a couple of weeks driving the rest of the house mad by using non-directive questioning all the time.
Uh-huh, mmm, nods head, uh-huh. So, I'm sensing that you have feelings of anger. Uh-huh. Etc...
A bit like:
Someone: -says something you don’t quite make out-
You: pardon? Didn’t quite catch that
Someone: oh never mind