“Mostly, I avoid being with globs of people. I have trust issues.”
I’m the same. I prefer small groups of people I know and trust. And even then, I always make note of the exits and stay in close proximity to a route for escape.
“Be polite, be courteous, show professionalism, and have a plan to kill everyone in the room.” Gen. James Mattis
Elsewhere quoted:
“In his well-regarded book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, author Thomas E. Ricks quotes Army Maj. Gen. Robert Scales describing Mattis as “one of the most urbane and polished men I have known,” saying Mattis was capable of quoting “Homer as well as Sun Tzu.” Sun Tzu, of course, wrote the The Art of War. Ricks also revealed that Mattis never deploys without a copy of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet,” was one of the rules General Mattis gave to his Marines in Iraq. “There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot, “Mattis told his troops. “There are hunters and there are victims,” Mattis said. “By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.””
https://2paragraphs.com/2016/12/general-james-mattis-have-a-plan-to-kill-everybody-you-meet/