polite way to tell my coworker i don’t want to talk to him?

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1. Put some headphones in.

   It’s maybe a bit OTT to find someone’s stories “exhausting”. There’s nothing expected of you, and you can always bail out by saying – sorry, I really need to crack with this piece of work.

2. I always find a way to get away from a person like that,I know I’m a good listener but that doesn’t mean I exist so people can ramble on and on.

3. I know this feeling

4. Try to avoid seeing him/Change your workplace

5. when he starts to talk, pretend to get distracted by your phone or by an email or anything else and say to him something like “sorry I have to deal with this now, see you later”