More to Social Interaction than I Thought

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I was reading about the concept of "teamwork" (they also used some technical term dramaturgical performance) in my sociology textbook, and there is so much nuance to it that I was never aware of until now. It used a bunch of sociology jargon, but basically, when people start a job where they work with other people or do a multitude of other things, they assume a social role different than their norm. The team must maintain a certain presentation for an "audience." For example, interns at a hospital might make a tacit agreement on how to divide up a patient's chart to review. Breaking from the role that's expected to be played and thus betraying incompetence or otherwise giving the wrong definition of the situation can result in censure of the responsible individual (not around customers, managers, or a literal audience). There were many other things like this, and a lot of it was vastly over my head.

I sometimes behave a little bit "differently from" or "out of step with" people around me. I thought I was nearly there with my social skills, but now I read this and realize there is so much way to go before I'm at the normal level.

I've never been a big fan of teamwork; picked last, left out, etc. But when it's something I enjoy and I'm with people I can stand, I can normally find a good role. Having said that, making a band is going to test how good I really am once I get it together and start practicing.

I think I've mentioned this in a previous post, but it seems like the more I learn about social norms, the more I realize I don't know about them. For the past couple years I've felt like I was just about to make a breakthrough, only to realize how far behind I was. And with that said, I don't think that one day I will get out of bed and finally feel prepared to deal with people. It is a gradual process, and there isn't a clear indicator of when I've finally accomplished this goal.