Omg, I believe you. Do you think that guy thought you meant like a gym time limit? Like as a rule in that gym?
Bahaha. So often I talk to people who trail off into nothing, and I just sit and WAIT with them in the silence while they try and finish their sentence.
Me: "Oh, so what have you been doing to fix that?"
Them: "it's almost like.." 5seconds, 15seconds
Me: "yeah, let's help with that"