07-01-2021, 10:06 AM
There are so many ways to deal with this it defies numbers, but the easiest is to simply ignore him or just pick up and move to another table.
Still, there's no crime in just telling the guy to back off plain and simple. I've never been too shy to tell someone I'm not interested. Not everyone is interested in every boring story.
Even so, sitting in a bar is a recipe for getting your ear bent by someone who wants to go on and on and on about what amounts to nothing. I've been in both places, the ear bender as well as ear bendee. It's just one of the many many MANY reasons I don't waste my time in bars anymore..oh..and I quit drinking alcohol so win/win..
Still, there's no crime in just telling the guy to back off plain and simple. I've never been too shy to tell someone I'm not interested. Not everyone is interested in every boring story.
Even so, sitting in a bar is a recipe for getting your ear bent by someone who wants to go on and on and on about what amounts to nothing. I've been in both places, the ear bender as well as ear bendee. It's just one of the many many MANY reasons I don't waste my time in bars anymore..oh..and I quit drinking alcohol so win/win..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
