introverts, what's the craziest thing you've done to avoid human interaction? I was five minutes

late to school, so I decided to skip school altogether that day to avoid the awkward class entry.

College, I had to attend an out-of-town conference with my classmates as part of the

requirements for a course. My professor had booked a block of rooms at the hotel where the conference was held, and people were going to put three to four guys or girls to a room and split the cost. My classmates had a bunch of socializing and bar hopping planned, which sounds like my idea of a living hell. Also, all of them carpooled together in groups. I honestly would rather have walked barefoot across a mile of Legos than be held hostage in a car for four hours with people I barely know. A few people asked if I wanted to carpool with them and what room I was in and I said, oh, thank you so much. I'm actually staying with a friend in town, though, and I'm stoked to see her. I'm going to have to take my own car so I can drive to the conference. I'll catch you guys there, just so I wouldn't come off as a weirdo. But I actually reserved a room at another hotel way across town, attended the bare minimum of the conference and enjoyed as many coffee shops, art museums, downtown shopping trips and nature trails as I could. When I was in the

military, I volunteered for a deployment to get out of going to a wedding. Back when I had roommates I

didn't know very well, I'd spend all day in my room without meals to avoid awkward pleasantries.

Then I'd get really hungry, but the prospect of explaining why I'd spent

all day in my room kept me inside. Then they'd text me and ask me if I was okay, and I'd say, yep, just keeping busy with some projects. And they'd ask if I'd eaten anything since they hadn't seen me, and I'd say, yep, trust me, I'd never go without food. And then I'd wake up at midnight and steal my own food from the fridge.

I've done the same thing,

except I already knew my roommate pretty much. me, I'd never go without food, and then I'd wake up at midnight and steal my own food from the

fridge. I've done the same thing, except I already knew my roommate pretty well, he just had

some company over it that I didn't want to talk to. So I stayed in my room for two days, except for like

three or four in the morning, when I'd sneak out to get food from 24-hour fast food joints.

The narrator is incapable of waiting for longer than like

two hours without going feral and making a sprint for the fridge and cupboard, so your restraint

is equally as impressive as your massive, massive introverted bent. In high school, I didn't have a car,

so I just walked home. I used to just walk fast to try and beat the crowd of people, but I just didn't want to deal

with it anymore, so I would stay in the computer lab sometimes and ask my dad to pick me up

a few hours later.

So, once the bell rang to go home, I'd just stay in class since I had computers last.

The teacher would forget I was there and not even notice me and

turn the lights off, lock the door and then leave. Honestly, I didn't mind at all. I got to play

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