Someone I used to work with joined my new company and we work together again. We aren’t friends, we barely spoke back then.
I am finding work a bit difficult to navigate now as this colleague is really domineering and “sassy”. For example, I haven’t spoke to him in 1.5 years but today he has spent the last hour bitching about our old workplace and colleagues. It’s overfamiliar and I’m a bit passive, so although I tried to change the subject, it just kept going. He also constantly references me in conversations with other people and acts like we’re closer than we are and tbh, I have started to dread seeing him.
Any advice appreciated on how to handle this