Pheromones?

# Chapter 339

Bringing out the introverts. As I was sitting in the auto repair shop waiting room yesterday, because today much like yesterday is a day of constant interruptions, people just would not stop talking to me! Generally I put off this very intentional vibe that I do not want to know you, that I do not want to talk to you, and plus I have nothing to say, don’t enter into conversations around me, I am an introvert and happy being so. Wearing my extrovert mask is so exhausting and I simply don’t unless it is required by work. But these other people in the waiting room kept on trying to engage me in conversation even though I was clearly trying to work on my work, while the mechanics were working on my jeep. What was so hysterical to me, was that each person in the waiting room considered themselves an introvert! Yes this too came up before I was finally rid of them all.

Is there some kind of pheromone for introverts? Or some kind of gene that sets off a room full of them together to begin talking like a gaggle of preteen girls? No, I don’t believe there is, but it certainly seemed like it yesterday. My wife thinks it is just me, that I bring the introverts out of their little shells and let them see the daylight. She may be right. When I grieving my brother’s death, I took the moment to accomplish one of my bucket list items, ride my bicycle across the entire USA West to East. There were about 25 of us on that trip, and it quickly became clear that there were four introverts, and 21 who could not stop talking. We made our own table, just for introverts so that we could have some peace, especially at breakfast! Keeping the extroverts at bay was a constant challenge, we even had to put signs on the table that it was a “no talking table” which only made it worse. Maybe my wife is right.