Reply #16: I had a colleague like that [View All]

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We all suspected he had Asperger's. He was a rabid baseball fan, a former New Yorker, and OBSESSED by the Yankees. When he found out I had Phillies season tickets, he was always buttonholing me.

I simply said: "Greg, I don't follow the American League. I know you like to complain about the Yankees, and what they did last night, but I dont' watch AL games, and don't know anything about the players you're talking about. If you want to talk about how the Phils did last night, fine. But NO YANKEES TALK? Okay?"

Sometimes people are just clueless, and a simple "That's not a topic I know anything about or have any interest in, but what about X (a topic you do have an interest in)" is effective

(Geez, now I wished I still worked there and had him to share MY complaints about the Yankees)