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Being around people or people watching is fine, as long as I am not asked to interact with them much. I can go to a hugely crowded football game or whatever and not be bothered, but stick me in one of those group things where people have to shake their neighbors hand or tell a little about themselves, ugh! Sometimes I'd like to be invisible to people who don't know me, unless I chose to make myself visible to them.
this is SOOOO me.... I am perfectly content with my own company.... I do have a few good friends that I enjoy getting together for dinner with every now and then, though.....
oh... and as a middle aged woman, I have turned largely invisible to the rest of the world anyway......
Sometimes at work I get tired of hearing the same stories over and over (don't you hate it when someone starts to tell you a story as if they're telling you for the first time and they expect you to be surprised or amused at what they say, but they forgot that they told you that same story at least once before?) or listening to negativity and pettiness from certain people, or the same complaints over and over.
Or just listening to constant talking from extroverts who have to think out loud or narrate everything they're doing or just constantly talk.
Sometimes when I'm at home I don't even want the radio on. I just want quiet because I've been listening to people talk all day.
I can relate to what DubbleT said about crowds. I usually like being in crowded places, but I can't stand that forced interaction - those 'icebreakers' - where you have to have a forced conversation with one person or a small group.
I can relate to what OptimusPrime69 said about happy hour. I used to go to happy hour but I don't anymore. I don't feel like sitting there and drinking, nodding and listening while people talk and talk, trying to have a conversation over the loud music.
Group conversations can sometimes be especially draining if you have to wait for a pause so that you can try and get a word in edgewise while everyone else is interrupting each other, talking over each other, and cutting each other off. But sometimes one-on-one conversations with certain people can be like that too - waiting to get a word in edgewise while they talk and talk nonstop.
If my both my jobs didn't require me to be around people I wouldn't mind it. You get to see some real pieces of work and experience situations that belong on a reality show. That being said, you get to interact with people who seem kind as well. It's just the other types are normally louder so it seems like there are more of them...
I don't care to be, but that is because I'm an introvert, and I need/want a lot of alone time. I don't mind working, of course. However, outside of a job, I usually keep to myself.
Slight extrovert here. People are ok but I need a lot better sound proofing. Kids toys on street and dogs barking too much, at times. Sometimes great, need soundproof oxygen chamber and float tank just for me.
Overall, I just don't care to deal w/ people on a regular basis. The cashier ringing my items up at the store is one thing. That's the only kind of contact I prefer to have w/ people honestly.
When I worked for one of the biggest companies in the world, I worked in a 10 story building, which had a cafeteria for lunch. I would always pay cash there and the cashier would always try to cheat me out of part of my change. I would have been perfectly happy to never see her again. A very annoying person. I'm not sure she was even pocketing money. She might have just been cheating people for fun. That's the kind of person she seemed like. So it's not necessarily true that it would make sense to only talk to a cashier. If the cashier were her, I would rather talk to nobody than to only talk to her.
yes. im in your boat. not a fan of people to be honest, give me a cute puppy instead.
If you're not a fan of people, does it imply you would rather have a cute puppy than a cute baby? Is it really because you're more a fan of dogs than people, or is it really more because babies come with more strings attached? Strings such as if you absent-mindedly leave your puppy in a supermarket, you can retrieve it and it's no big deal. But if you do it with a baby, you will be investigated by social workers. Is that the reason to prefer a puppy to a baby? Or is it really because you're more a fan of dogs than people? Maybe because dogs don't harass you with small talk and gossip? But babies don't do that till they're older. Maybe it's because dogs are easier to toilet train. Or they can keep up with you when you're jogging, even when they're very young. And you will never have to help them with their homework, even when they're older. But how are dogs better than other animals, such as cats, fish, etc.?
If you're not a fan of people, does it imply you would rather have a cute puppy than a cute baby? Is it really because you're more a fan of dogs than people, or is it really more because babies come with more strings attached? Strings such as if you absent-mindedly leave your puppy in a supermarket, you can retrieve it and it's no big deal. But if you do it with a baby, you will be investigated by social workers. Is that the reason to prefer a puppy to a baby? Or is it really because you're more a fan of dogs than people? Maybe because dogs don't harass you with small talk and gossip? But babies don't do that till they're older. Maybe it's because dogs are easier to toilet train. Or they can keep up with you when you're jogging, even when they're very young. And you will never have to help them with their homework, even when they're older. But how are dogs better than other animals, such as cats, fish, etc.?
yes, yes and yes. dogs are unconditional lovers and much less expensive and you're right about the 'legal obligations' they're a mess, no thanks.
just more of a dog guy, have nothing against cats fish etc, i love them too.
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