Sometimes, after gigs, when I’m in a city where I know like 10 ppl and they all want to hang before I leave the next day, and then you meet like a group of 3 girls that want to know what’s next for the evening (code speech), that’s when it becomes a chore to be social.
In OP’s case, they just want you to do your job, not be “social”. In my case, I have to entertain people for a couple of hours, meet new people and attempt to “have fun”. It’s usually the same round of questions all the time.
This is the only time being social takes on an element of work