cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/906126
I’ve observed if I say nothing (because I simply don’t know how to react), opinionated people think you agree with them, which I don’t. I don’t care.
what I want to tell him, next time he starts ranting: ‘I don’t care what you think, leave me alone’.
However, I may have to work with this person in the future, so what about ‘you don’t have to tell me everything you think, most of the time I don’t pay attention’ and if he keeps pushing it ‘it’s tiring working with a person who has to rant to feel good, it’s boring and makes me ignore you, which is a problem, because we work together.’ And leave.
What about ‘everybody has problems, maybe talk to a therapist? I cannot help you’.
Or maybe simply leaving when he starts his rants?
Unless you want to push back (clearly you don’t), I wouldn’t even acknowledge the topic or what about the topic makes you uncomfortable
“Hey man, this is a bar conversation. I don’t feel comfortable talking about stuff like this at work.”
I work in the same office as my best friend and I’ve told him similar - even though our politics are very closely aligned. Yes, I agree it would be funny if Trump shit his pants when he falls asleep in court. But I don’t want people to hear us talking about that
Your ideas are overly aggressive, even just leaving. Just change the topic or say “I’d rather not discuss this at work.”
I prefer “Let’s keep our conversations professional.” It lets him know that you’re there to work, not BS.
Realistically, though, this is a problem for your manager to handle.
Plot twist: that coworker is pushing the Agile agenda.
He’s ranting about windows or mac users, right?
They said issues that they don’t care about. If that were the case, they would logically only agree. So that can’t be it.
Where in the post did OP state that thye cared about operating systems?
