That was (once upon a time) a key lesson in good writing —
1) Tell people what you are going to tell them.
2) Tell them the details.
3) Tell them what it was that you just told them.
Almost no one seems to do that now.
If you drew a decision tree that graphed their conversation, it would look like a bush. They simply cannot get to the point and wander all around barfing out every thought that goes through their head. No self discipline.
That’s because every one is writing the Great American Novel or trying out for some literary prize, even if only one or two pages - attention span of most people is not much more than a fruit fly so it has to be short with lots of flowery verbiage.