Just shut up

Ran into our postman on the way home today. He's been working out at my gym for six months or so and has lost a lot weight. He's always in there for 2-3 hours at a time, working hard and dripping everywhere. He was never fat to me but he is noticeably swimming in his post office parka and I complimented him on how good he looked. All the man had to say was thank you. Instead he said thank you, pointed to my general body area in an up and down motion with his hand, noted I was "getting there" and encouraged me "to keep it up." I told him I wasn't trying to get anywhere in particular and considered exercise body maintenance. He didn't let up, going on about how he had to change his diet and how he doesn't eat red meat or pork anymore. Again I said, that's great, pork and red meat clearly weren't working for YOU. YOU are 50. Still he went on confirming my level of gym attendance and using words like pace and goals and something else equally irritating. He was preaching his exercise and lifestyle religion and it isn't less annoying than people who do the same thing with deity-focused discussions of faith and religion. Just say thank you and shut the fuck up. Now I'm eating tortilla chips and feeling like shit even though I know I look just dandy. Not mailing another mother-effin thing through the post office this year.

Note to self: Don't talk to people.