Office worker ices out his coworker Dana when she tries to force her true crime podcast onto everyone in the workplace: 'I'm not interested!'

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  • WIBTA for telling my coworker I don't want to hear about her podcast anymore?
  • I (31M) work in a mid- size office, open floor plan, about 20 people. My coworker I'll call her Dana started a true crime podcast about a year ago. At first it was fine, she mentioned it
  • once or twice, I said "oh cool" and that was that. But over the last maybe four months it's become a daily thing. Every
  • Monday she gives the whole nearby section of the office a summary of the new episode. If something true crime related comes up in any conversation, she redirects it to her
  • podcast. Last week someone mentioned they watched a Netflix documentary and Dana spent 15 minutes explaining how her podcast covered a
  • similar case "way more in depth." She's started printing little business cards and leaving them on peoples desks.
  • Here's where I might be the ah le: I've started hole: just putting my headphones in the moment I see her walking over. I haven't said anything directly.
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  • My other coworker Jamie thinks I should just tell Dana honestly that I'm not interested in the podcast because "she deserves to know." But I
  • genuinely don't want that conversation. We have to sit near each other every day and I don't want it to be weird.
  • I asked my girlfriend about it and she said I was being avoidant and that the headphone thing is "a little passive aggressive." Maybe she
  • has a point. But also I feel like "I don't want to hear about your hobby every single day" is kind of a hard thing to say to someone you see 40 hours a week without it becoming a whole thing.
  • So would I be the ah le if I just keep doing the headphone thing and never say anything? Or do I need to actually talk to her?
  • Spiritual_Street_767 "Sorry, Dana, I have a work to do" as soon as it goes beyond a small talk.
  • Spiritual_Ad6547. Just keep doing the headphones thing. I don't see what the big deal is.
  • BellaTheMighty ⚫ If you're not a fan of confrontation- esp with a colleague -- the headphone approach is an easy way to handle it.
  • You get to send the message wo actually having to say anything. And if your podcast- loving coworker has any awareness of what's going on around her, she
  • should take the hint and realize you're not looking to chat or listen along. I think it's a good option. If she doesn't pick up on the hint, having a direct
  • conversation may just create unnecessary awkwardness. Sometimes a subtle cue is enough, and if it isn't, that probably tells you something about how receptive she'd be to the conversation in the first place.

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