diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index d703f6a4e2..fd104f3116 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 		return " (as [get_id_name("Unknown")])"
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/forcesay(list/append) //this proc is at the bottom of the file because quote fuckery makes notepad++ cri
+	set waitfor = FALSE
 	if(stat == CONSCIOUS)
 		if(client)
 			var/temp = winget(client, "input", "text")