"Ah, it ain't petty. Trust me. Like I said, I've got a lot of stories and a weird life. Most civilians wouldn't be able to match it."

Because you're totally a civilian, right Jason?

"Tell me your not-dumb story. My life is dramatic and depressing as hell sometimes, and sometimes it's nice hearing about something else for a change."

Everyone had different types of stories in his line of work anyway. Just because being trapped in a giant carnival ride death trap didn't have whole worlds at stake, it didn't mean that stories about it were any less interesting -- or funny.