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Unfortunately, this will not help when working with people who are only interested in sports. I was asked which team i followed for the World Championship in football, to which i responded "I don't watch football".
Response: "Then what sports do you watch?"
"I don't watch sports."
His eyes widened while he stood there thinking for a second. "Then what do you do in your spare time?" He asked, flabbergasted. I told him there are other things in life than watching sports.
It's like this for everyone I work with. They're all hillbillies. I need to get out.
Have you tried... watching sports? I'm kidding. However, with something like the World Cup coming up it's pretty easy to feign a passing interest. Even my mother seems in to it, and she usually couldn't tell a football from a pinecone.
I have tried. Just not my thing lol. Like, at all. I love playing sports, I just don't see the fun in watching someone else play.
And don't get me started on the people who's complaining about what someone on their team did wrong; they wouldn't be able to do what the athlete do if they got 1000 tries!
You need BLUFFBALL. A Bit from a TV show that somebody made kinda real.
Holy shit, that's awesome!!! Also, I haven't watched IT Crowd this year, so thanks for reminding me!
I've had good luck sharing my own interests instead. A few years ago I got super into watching SpaceX's rocket launches because it's honestly spectacular and they know how to do a really good livestream, plus watching the booster come back from orbit and softly touchdown is pretty incredible (I've had a hard time enjoying the live streams since Musk's involvement with Trump of course)
But popping over to a coworker and going "hey there's a rocket launch in 2 minutes, wanna take 8 minutes and watch it with me?" is a brilliant ice breaker
Trust me, my coworkers would not care about anything as exciting as a space launch! I've tried sharing my own interests with them, but they're not interested. The only thing I can talk with them about is my dog (because he's allowed in the office, and they love him).
I mean, yeah, get out. But in the meantime I would suggest trying your best to find some way to relate. In 2 years maybe one of those guys will hear about a good job opportunity and pass it along to you "because he's a nice guy who gets his work done - even if he's a bit screwy to not watch sports"
The people I'm referring to are warehouse packers and repair technicians, while I create the automations for the warehouse. I highly doubt they'll be able to recommend me in the future.