07-01-2021, 09:47 AM
You could go with the direct approach: "I'm sorry, but I'd like to be left alone please."
But it might be easier just to be a bit more gentle with an excuse that still tells them the same: "I'm sorry, I'm not feeling all that well today. It was nice meeting you though."
Or, at least right now, you could use the Covid excuse: "Nice to meet you, sir. But my immune system is compromised. I'm really not even supposed to be here. Please keep a distance."
Or, maybe better than any of them, be a dick about it: "Can you please back the **** up off me. I'm trying to watch the damn game." I mean, what's he going to do, hit you? And what do you risk by pissing him off? Losing a future friend, or his riveting conversation?
But it might be easier just to be a bit more gentle with an excuse that still tells them the same: "I'm sorry, I'm not feeling all that well today. It was nice meeting you though."
Or, at least right now, you could use the Covid excuse: "Nice to meet you, sir. But my immune system is compromised. I'm really not even supposed to be here. Please keep a distance."
Or, maybe better than any of them, be a dick about it: "Can you please back the **** up off me. I'm trying to watch the damn game." I mean, what's he going to do, hit you? And what do you risk by pissing him off? Losing a future friend, or his riveting conversation?
