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!
When I was working I’d get excited about lunch breaks on a nice day: plan which bench I’d head for in the park, look forward to the specific Tesco Meal Deal sandwich I’d eat on it and the book I’d read while there. Then half the time some random colleague would pop up at last minute to ‘keep me company’, and I’d miss out on my plan. Instead I had to TALK to a COLLEAGUE for the WHOLE OF LUNCH. And that’s basically work. Extroverts stole my lunch breaks.
Jacob Something@girlonthenet I used to have a colleague I went on lunch breaks with, and we had a deal: We each bring our books. And we read the whole time. No word was spoken.
Ms. Denie@jkanev @girlonthenet we also need a word for "people you can be quiet with"