Ditto: I tell jokes, stories, laugh with friends and family, and jump in to jump-start gatherings that seem inappropriately quiet(1)...
...and then I go clean up the kitchen, because I really, really need to get away from everyone.
At work, it can be similar: A long productive meeting, lots of good stuff accomplished (planning, design, what-have-you) and BAM! my buffers are full, I need to get away, recharge my batteries and drain those buffers. Many others want to keep going, I want to be away from the world.
For at least a few minutes.
(1) Yes, "inappropriately" is subjective, and yes, mistakes are made - but fewer mistakes are made than gatherings enlivened - and memories are always made!
Business trips are the worst. You spend all day in meetings in people and then they (entirely good naturedly) invite you out for a meal in the evening.
No thanks. I'd rather be sitting in my hotel room in my underwear eating room service and reading my Kindle.
...and then I go clean up the kitchen, because I really, really need to get away from everyone.
At work, it can be similar: A long productive meeting, lots of good stuff accomplished (planning, design, what-have-you) and BAM! my buffers are full, I need to get away, recharge my batteries and drain those buffers. Many others want to keep going, I want to be away from the world.
For at least a few minutes.
(1) Yes, "inappropriately" is subjective, and yes, mistakes are made - but fewer mistakes are made than gatherings enlivened - and memories are always made!