>old guy goes to the gym at the same time as me>he goes literally every day for 2 hours because he's unemployed>just goes to find people to yap at>if I go at the same time as him he will yap at me for >45 minutes>have to change my whole schedule around so that I can go to the gym 2 hours later than I otherwise would
Be kind, everyone is fighting a losing battle.
>>77312407>Be me>Retired after a long, successful career, so I have time to spend here at the gym. Usually go for 2 hours>Socialize with the other members, because that's what normal people do>See young whippersnapper coming at the same time as me>Guess he must be unemployed to be at the gym at these hours>Poor fella's probably just down on his luck, so I go chat with him to try to lift his spirits>Stop seeing him eventually, so I guess he finally got his act together and found a job>Feels good to help the little guy out
>>77312407Be short but polite with these kind of people. They mean well but they will waste your time if you let them.
>going to the gym in the middle of the day means youre unemployedAre you retards stuck in 2015 or something? everyone has fucked up working hours now, huge amounts of people arent doing 9-5 anymore, tons of people are WFH, tons of people work in different time zones, etcThere is no "consistent" crowd at the gym anymore, everyone goes randomly now, theres no schedule.
>>77312407you can just be a man and say "nice talking to ya but I got to get back to my workout".But you are spineless faggot loser
>>77312449This is true, everyone works remotely where they do barely any work and go to the gym all the time in the clock, and also all these people are making 250-500k a year
>>77312407How are you talking to some geezer for 45 minutes? Tell him you have to go and just leave.
>>77312449motherfucker it says in the OP that he yaps at me incessantly, I don't need to assume hes unemployed, he fuckin told me>>77312456you're right, this is obviously what I should do, I just don't want to be a dick to the guy
>>77312407You could just, you know, not be a pussy and tell him to fuck off.>>77312423Nothing about that means we have to humor their bullshit. SYBAU. I was born below the poverty line and have been homeless multiple times since childhood. I would sooner die than drone on like some old irrelevant retard seeking connection from strangers in a gym like an autistic dipshit.
>>77312476If you do it the way that anon told you to, you would not be a dick, and that you think you would be proves said anons assertions about you are right.
>>77312407This is what the American dream working towards retirement is btw. You become an old guy, you retire, you are so happy to have every day to do whatever you want, and then you have no friends or hobbies and you get so bored that you end up going to public places and annoying the fuck out of normal people trying to form a connection with someone other than your wife if you have one or your kids if you have them who you barely talk to. But this is 4chan, no one here will have a wife or kids, so you’ll just be the lonely old retired guy doing nothing all day and eventually die only a few years into retirement from a complete lack of purpose
>>77312482You’re quite literally droning on like some old irrelevant retard seeking connection with strangers right now though
OP here, for clarification, this is an obese 60 year old black man that was shucking crawfish for a living. He's never been married and doesn't have children. he's almost certainly illiterate and spends 45+ minutes talking to me about how he would fight if her were a UFC fighter. He corners anyone who's there to yap, but I go at night, so it's not uncommon for it to be just me and him there.
>>77312482>keyboard warrior says sybau and admits to being too afraid to politely end an irl conversation in the same postget it together, man. and wear some over-the-ear headphones
He likes you. You should ask him out
>>77312407There’s a few of them at my gym but luckily I’m pretty unapproachable looking so only one old guy talks to me and he’s not very chatty for his age.>>77312423Based
>>77312500go crawfishing with himhe could teach you a thing or two
>>77312407social ineptitude is prevalent. you and the old man would equally qualify
