There is nothing quite like being an introvert when the extravert you're trying to avoid speaking with says she "learns a lot" about people by the way they respond to conversational topics they may not want to discuss. Do you:
- attempt to explain the difference between introversion and extraversion?
- assert that you, too, learn a lot about people who force others to converse with them?
- tell her that, ah, you understand: she's only offering her ridiculous opinions to see how others react?
- explain that this might account for why no one likes her?
- give it up as a bad job and turn with panting relief to the person joining you?
swell a progress