So I am on a dorm in further away city, with a roommate, unfortunately. (Yes, the title makes sense)
However, I am not quite good at the people stuff.
I don’t quite feel comfortable being near people, or hell, even randomly accessible (i.e. doors without a lock). I kind of have a hard time even just doing anything. Basically, the only non-awkward feeling place I can look at is my laptop or phone screen, as usual in such spaces with people.
Hell, I’ve been here since 2nd Sept. and I haven’t even figured out the canteen or laundry room (I’ve been home twice), so I just keep living on supermarket junk.
For the former, I don’t know where to take the tray and cutlery, how to choose food, where to return plates + cutlery, in which order to do the first 2, and I didn’t yet really get to observe people.
For the former, I had questions about payment (card only - no PIN pad), but they haven’t answered my e-mail.
My roommate has left for a few minutes, so I got to stand up, walk around and listen to radio while thinking.
When he came back, I finally left in search of a more private place. Hell, at this point the alone time in elevator feels heavenly.
Library? Meh, there will be people.
How about a park? There probably won’t be many people at 9PM. I checked the map, but the park-like thing turned out to be a cemetery. Well fuck it, that’s a large chunk of land with trees (and there’s benches).
So I tried to go there, and then found out it has opening hours…
I tried to search around for an alternative entry point, but didn’t find one (the fence isn’t climbing-friendly).
Yeah, yeah, but a green space in a city is a scarce resource.
I felt that. I have a debilitating fear of social interactions where I don’t know the correct way to act ahead of time. Having to consciously parse and adapt to what other people are doing, in real time, is my idea of hell.
Society needs a manpage.