Saturday, August 09, 2025

Out of the blue

Out of the blue, Quiet Girl messaged me last night. She was in a pub and spotted a co-worker. Not just any co-worker, but a guy that we used to work beside, pre-Covid. He was an awful bore. One of those people who used to read Wikipedia and the proclaim himself to be an expert on the subject.

He would corner people and then talk at them for ages. Like a proper long time. Up to an hour, and this would be during the work day.

I've been properly rude to him, too, berating him for having zero social skills - interrupting conversations so he could pontificate on whatever topic he wanted to talk about. People have been shocked, but you need to be blunt to people like that. Tact doesn't work. I tried that.  

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