Girl on the NetIDEA: extrovert train carriages. Like those ‘chat to me’ benches, but a whole carriage of the train dedicated to people who wanna talk rather than just read a book or listen to music (through headphones, of course) and enjoy the scenery. Introverts can drop their extrovert mates off in those carriages so they have people to chat to, and extroverts will leave us alone to enjoy our quiet time.
Extroverts do this ‘I’ll keep you company!’ thing at really distressing times imho. Like, just as I’ve managed to extricate myself from the group and I’m getting ready to go out for a walk, someone will go ‘I’ll come with you!’. Oh noooo I’m only walking to get AWAY from people! Or I say I’m nipping to the shops or out for a vape ‘I’ll keep you company!’ - I don’t WANT company that’s why I’ve found an excuse to go away!
coldclimate@girlonthenet some sort of internationally recognised symbol for "enjoying quiet time" would be great. A hat you pop on and people quietly just fuck off. I wish hats suited me.
Piers Cawley@coldclimate @girlonthenet the way to get hats to suit you is to keep wearing the bloody things until you stop being self-conscious about wearing a hat. It's a long road.