SilentAndShy
Well-known member
So today, some folks decide to pop in unannounced. I think: "Oh, great! Why did they have to come?!"
I was in the other room, my dad opens the door and they sit in the front room. After a small break, I walk in and exchange handshakes. I can't go straight out because that looks rude, so I sit behind my dad. I'm unable to tilt my head up for eye contact so I mess around with my jacket and wait till another person walks in who I need to meet before planning my escape route.
I greet her, wait until people start talking and there I go! Door opened, and into the safety of the other room!
Why did I do that?
Because I don't know anything else. I didn't want a lull in conversation to be turned onto me, and them asking me if I was working (I am not) and me stumbling and blushing, trying to hide my embarrassment. Maybe if I was in a better place (personally, professionally and mentally) in one of the three areas, I might have stayed but I had to get out.
I was in the other room, my dad opens the door and they sit in the front room. After a small break, I walk in and exchange handshakes. I can't go straight out because that looks rude, so I sit behind my dad. I'm unable to tilt my head up for eye contact so I mess around with my jacket and wait till another person walks in who I need to meet before planning my escape route.
I greet her, wait until people start talking and there I go! Door opened, and into the safety of the other room!
Why did I do that?
Because I don't know anything else. I didn't want a lull in conversation to be turned onto me, and them asking me if I was working (I am not) and me stumbling and blushing, trying to hide my embarrassment. Maybe if I was in a better place (personally, professionally and mentally) in one of the three areas, I might have stayed but I had to get out.