Social Skills Avoider Gifts

"I just want to work out to the point of not having to rely on my social skills."

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

"Maybe if I make myself inconspicuous I won't be called on."

"It's essential I go to work to avoid being with my family."

"Tell her she's dead. I don't want to talk about the relationship."

"We're going to see my family. There's an extra twenty in it for you if we never get there."

Worried man looking at stock market chart on his computer screen with office party going on in the background.

"That was one of the hardest exams ever. I don't think anybody got a good grade."

"It's a beautiful day. I should go for a walk. . . Oh, now my neighbors are all out there."

"I hope you don't call that a party face."

'Thanks for the invitation, but I can never seem to find the energy to party...'

Nervous at a party.

'Can I go home now, before I get overeducated?'

'Honey, I would love to go out with you, but I feel like an idiot at all your friends' parties. The conversations are always way above my head.'

"No, I'm not doing my homework, but I am watching a YouTube video of someone doing theirs."

'I wish i could think of some way to get away form him.' 'I wish i could think of some way to get away form her.'

"I realize you want to enjoy every last minute of summer, but it's not possible to stay awake until school starts."

Election Cancelling Headphones

Snoozed when I should have schmoozed.

"It's just a little device I use to help relieve the anxiety from meeting new people."

"Just this once, can we not talk about news or politics or money or family or relationships or children or friends or sex or religion or sports or culture or real estate or the past or the future?"

'I'd like to request flexible working to avoid my family.'

"I invited a few friends over. Don’t worry – you can still be miserable."

"Are you talking to me?"

Herman likes to stay in his comfort zone.

'How To Say No To Sales People'.

"We came early to avoid the conga line."

"Waiter, our son is a tasteless schmuck!"

'The problem with being a hermit crab is that I lack social skills...'

It's new from British Telecom, a telephone ignoring machine.

'I roll over and play dead when I don't want to see someone.'

'You rate very high in everything, except, of course, people skills.'

'Every year, I make a New Year's resolution, but I never stick to it, and it's embarrassing when people ask me about it...this year I'm just going to lie through my teeth when people ask.'

Bob refused to play ball. Not that it mattered – the game was rained out.

"Please excuse, Tom, Mom and Dad! He's worked the last ten years in a large city hospital and has no practice with chit chat!"