Avoiding strange guy at work without coming off as a dick

[slackerinabox]

OP is Indian. 'Nuff said...

Yeah, keep on thinking racist thoughts like that while we take all of your jobs and team up with China to destroy your economy from the inside out

 

[clamum]

When you're giving him head in the company restoom, use lots of teeth.

I don't see why you can't be a douche with him.

Oh wow, LOL!

 

[pelov]

You're not a native New Yorker are you? Tell him to fuck off. Keep it simple, stupid. Either be Frank with him -- yes, a capital letter. Be Anne Frank and hide -- or just have sex with him and get it over with. Considering he's an accountant you may be better off sex0ring.

Is the guy Indian?

I was walking home from the subway last week and these Indian kids were playing tag and one of them blurted out "No, I have more lives left!" The first thing that went through my head was "Fucking reincarnation." Is that racist?

 

[Perknose]

OP, two small bits of advice for you upcoming convo with him.

1. Take all hints of anger and dislike and annoyance out of your voice. This may not be as easy as you think it will be, but be as neutral as possible, both in your tone and in your choice of words. Make it about you and not him, about what you need and want.

2. Be as specific and comprehensive as possible in what you want him not to do, even as you phrase it as what you want, what your boundaries are, i.e., "While at work, I need to stay focused." "While I'm at my desk, I don't like anyone to come up and engage me in small talk." "I don't game, I have zero interest, and I don't even like to talk about it."

Tell him a story about someone else in your life repeatedly trying to get PC advice from you and how you told him you're a Mac guy but the guy wouldn't stop and how annoying and frustrating this was.

 

[goog40]

He wants you balls deep. Just go with it.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I've known several people like that. You might as well go ahead and piss him off. It's the only way he's going to leave you alone.

 

[jagec]

Yeah, keep on thinking racist thoughts like that while we take all of your jobs and team up with China to destroy your economy from the inside out

India will NEVER team up with China. Try Mexico, they are anti-China as well.

 

[iRONic]

I thought he was Black?

I've been here for ~six years and I've yet to see you post anything that's right.

 

[Puppies04]

OP when you come into the office one day and this sad soul has commited suicide by feeding his genitalia into the paper shredder and then used his last remaining strength before he bled out to write "why couldn't we just be friends" on your desk I hope you remember this thread.

 

[blackdogdeek]

next time he comes over text your wife and tell her to call you. when she calls, pick up the phone and say "oh hi, [name of outcast's manager]. where is [outcast]? i'm not sure, isn't he at his desk? oh ok. bye". then tell outcast his manager was looking for him.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

If he's following you around on stalker mode outside of work, couldn't you report this to management?
Or the cops?
Maybe the girl scouts?

 

[gorcorps]

I've been here for ~six years and I've yet to see you post anything that's right.

You've been here for 6 years and you haven't yet figured out he's just fucking around most of the time? It's so obvious he's not even really a troll... just incredibly sarcastic. He doesn't always post something funny, but usually there's somebody like yourself that takes it seriously and THAT makes it funny.

 

[Fritzo]

LOL, I have this exact problem. There's a couple of people at the office that try to be my buddy but drive me up the F***** wall. They talk about their Diablo servers and installing Linux on a thumbdrive and how a zombie apocalypse could actually happen. It makes we want to go all William Shatner on them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeS4tVFbNNk

 

[werepossum]

When you're giving him head in the company restoom, use lots of teeth.

Damn you, I laughed at that!

freedom, why don't you want to be my friend?

He's old, so he's probably bigoted. Tell him you're gay and he'll stop talking to you.

Yeah - I'm seeing a big down side here. What if he's thinking "Cool, a friend AND a lover! Time to bring out my amateur taxidermy and Perry Como records!"

Perk is right, you need to be blunt but not angry or annoyed. "I'm sorry, but I need this job and I don't have time to socialize." Better yet, find someone else in your office whom you don't like and who does game, then point him out to the pest.

 

[jupiter57]

When you're giving him head in the company restoom, use lots of teeth.

Well, uhmm, yeah. I'm sure that works for you, but,,,,,

 

[iCyborg]

Tell him that you need to urgently borrow $20,000.

 

[Howard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmuffs

 

[olds]

Next time he starts talking to you do this:
Hold up your index finger and interrupt him. Say this, "I just remembered something. You are boring and I have legs." Then turn around and walk away.

 

[Childs]

Spit in his face. Works every time. In fact, when other people find out they will leave you as alone as well. Nothing says "leave me alone" like getting spat on. Particularly in the face. Should work regardless of the persons ethnicity or religious background.

EDIT. Say sorry after you do it so you don't get in trouble. It might be "against the rules" to do it without apologizing. But every time he comes up to you, spit in his face, then say sorry.

 

[iRONic]

You've been here for 6 years and you haven't yet figured out he's just fucking around most of the time? It's so obvious he's not even really a troll... just incredibly sarcastic. He doesn't always post something funny, but usually there's somebody like yourself that takes it seriously and THAT makes it funny.

Yeah, I've prolly read ~50 of his posts in that time.

Glad I could make you laugh at least...

 

[SillyOReilly]

Well, uhmm, yeah. I'm sure that works for you, but,,,,,

Whatever you say cowboy. I'm sure you've ridden some young bucks in your lifetime and been ridden in return, whereas I have an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality.

 

[SillyOReilly]

I've been here for ~six years and I've yet to see you post anything that's right.

You've been here for 6 years and you haven't yet figured out he's just fucking around most of the time? It's so obvious he's not even really a troll... just incredibly sarcastic. He doesn't always post something funny, but usually there's somebody like yourself that takes it seriously and THAT makes it funny.

Yeah, I've prolly read ~50 of his posts in that time.

Glad I could make you laugh at least...

Your initial assertion is kind of ridiculous, AMD not knowing the background of another poster on a mostly anonymous forum doesn't make him incorrect.
I can tell you I'm a purple alien with 4 arms and 6 eyes and it just may be true.

 

[iRONic]

Even if I didn't say gorcorps was incorrect? Mmmmmmmmmmkay.

 

[AdamK47]

I'm a mac guy, wish I could help

That would get me away pretty quick.

 

[SirStev0]

not going to happen.