Let's give em something to talk about.....

It's crazy - at my work - there's always something to talk about, something going on, the rumor mill starts here, I tell ya! My boss is in my office at 8:00 this morning teeling me everything that happened yesterday when I was out of the office. One of our police officers met me outside when I pulled up, he came inside with me and sat in my office for 30 minutes while I worked and he talked about people. Now - I don't like to be rude, but I also don't like to listen to a bunch of gossip. I usually just try to change the subject. The police officer was talking about his boss, and others in his department, then about looking for a new job. My boss was talking about her boss and some of the other department heads. Mostly griping - both of them. I don't have time to be the therapist or gossip columnist every morning that I come to work! I'm not sure how to handle this, what would you do?