Bragging is a big turn-off, please shut up!

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Yesterday we decided to eat at a local place near the lake. We have eaten there a few times and while it is casual and relaxed, at times a little too relaxed. The place is owned and operated by a family - Mom, dad and kids all work there. One daughter is the usual 'server'. She is a talker, and sometimes it gets a little annoying as she continues to talk to us as we eat. Yesterday she wasn't there, so we thought we would enjoy our meal without the chatter, wrong! The mom is the cook and she chatted a while but her chatter was minor. The husband was the problem. He stood about 5 feet from us (we were the only customers) and talked and talked and talked the entire time we were there. He told us they were from VA and wound up in our area because his wife liked the name of the small town they moved to. He doesn't like the town, said people are too snotty, they talk about themselves too much and he doesn't like when people do that. How he described himself: * He was a professional poker player in Atlantic City, won big big money. * He was an big shot for the railroad and worked there many years. * He lived all over the world. * His last home in Virginia had a 7 acre pond. * He bought a very very expensive boat and only used it one time. * His father was a professional bass fisherman, and they traveled all the time. On and on, over and over he told us the same things. We tried to be nice, we smiled and nodded at the appropriate times, but it was not an enjoyable meal at all. Finally we finished eating, paid the bill and left. This restaurant had been closed since the fall for several reasons and just reopened last weekend. I do hope business picks up so that we can go there and he will have other customers to brag to! Photo from Pixabay