Is it hard for you to believe that I might be quite shy in real life? Let's just say, when a confident speaker enters the room, I clam up. Yesterday for example.
I swam a km at the local pool. Then I enter the sauna. Having a chat to a quiet chap I know. Then a third person enters the conversation. Strongly opinionated, he is not interested in our input on "Brexit", because he knows "everything" about it. After 10 minutes, I start to gasp from the heat, looking for my chance to exit. Finally I do exit, and reprove myself for not exiting earlier. I imagine really polite listeners have expired from being too afraid to leave.
I swam a km at the local pool. Then I enter the sauna. Having a chat to a quiet chap I know. Then a third person enters the conversation. Strongly opinionated, he is not interested in our input on "Brexit", because he knows "everything" about it. After 10 minutes, I start to gasp from the heat, looking for my chance to exit. Finally I do exit, and reprove myself for not exiting earlier. I imagine really polite listeners have expired from being too afraid to leave.