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I have played with guys who chide you for wasting time pulling the flagstick ( a penaly if you hit it while putting) to people who invented the term "chatter boxes" and both types are not beneficial. All courses have well established times for how long it should take to compete nine or eighteen holes of golf. Some even have clocks attached to carts advising where you should be at any given time You should be teeing off on the 15th hole, etc). Most courses enforce their rules. Some after two or three warnings of slow play terminate your play. I play by the USGA rules, will pick up when in trouble and will accept the max strokes per hole based on my handicap. There is a difference between social discourse when playing and a chatter box that is totally distracting. I will not do anything I believe will distract another player. I respect people and I respect the game much too much. If people want a social event they out to plan a picnic. If they never played golf they need to experiement on executive courses, then go to the practice range , Under no circumstances should they play any executive course without picking up after six shots. I have seen people with 15 strokes on a par 3 claiming they will not give up. I admire their tentacity but it is self defeating for them and an annoyance to other golfers. and no, while there are not any give me's in stroke play on executive courses you do not always need to hear the clunk, specially when several fourome behind you are backed up