I have a coworker who really gets under my skin; I don’t actually work w/ him that much but we share a room, 2 cubes, together all day. He talks a lot, an hour or two a day, and I’m nice enough to be minimally responsive which is just enough to keep him talking about his favorite subject: himself. It’s often entertaining, but his rants and stories usually have an underlying condescending tone to them, but nevertheless, I don’t want to hear about how “awesome” he is anymore.
Some nights I cannot sleep b/c I dread having to face him in the morning; I often rehearse arguments and insults that rarely come to light for hours. I want to stop thinking about this — I realize this is partially my own problem.
As far as disrupting work, it’s usually not a problem, I’m not that busy and if I am I can shrug him off. It is a problem for him though: he’s 15 years older than me (I’m 26) and has a bit more responsibility and his David Brent-esque and/or expert-on-everything monologues cost him a lot of work-time.
This is the 2 year anniversary of being moved in with him, how can I make him stop talking to me? Or, how can I let his personality not affect me? Are there any articles about the subject, or any place to share my many funny stories / rants?
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