What is a polite way to tell co-worker not to constantly give you unwanted advice?

BR: What is a polite way to tell co-worker not to constantly give you unwanted advice?
I have a co-worker that likes to impose his unwanted and unhelpful ideas on fellow co-workers during meetings. He is arogrant and self important. He rarely has a clue about anything. He causes meetings to drag out much longer than necessary.

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Answer by daljack
This is something that the manager should address.

Bring it to her/his attention before the next meeting.

If the Manager doesn’t have a problem with it….then you’ll have to suffer in silence.

Answer by sculptress
You need to talk to your boss. Almost everyone knows a guy like this and they are completely obtuse. He really thinks he is helping and that his advice is essential. The sound of his own voice is the sweetest symphony he knows. These fellows are overwhelminginly annnoying. The funny part is that he probably goes home and tells them about what a mess his department is and how they always need him to bail them out of their troubles.
Whoever is chairing the meeting needs to be on top of the agenda and keep it rolling. They need to pick the people to speak and then interrupt and say, “O.K. I think we’ve covered that enough and need to move on to item #,….”
They have to be firm. Just yesterday I was trapped by a lady that spent 25 minutes talking at me about shutter speeds on her camera. As I was walking away she was still talking at me. You cannot change this person, you can only manage them. Best of luck. I feel for you.

Answer by good day
You could have a little conference with the co-worker before the meeting and mention the time factor

Answer by Daisy
I agree with the first answer. Let your supervisor know. This guy is interfering with personal lives and is prolonging meetings.
If the supervisor doesn’t do anything, check with HR. (Human Resources). Ask what the next steps should be. Ask what you and your coworkers can do to help this problem. You want to do it properly and legally.

good luck.

Answer by Robert C
Either ignore him, or remind him, in no uncertain terms, that you don’t go telling him how he should do his job.