I think eye contact is key. Usually people avoid eye contact with people they don’t want to associate with.
I’m not very sociable myself, and in your case I probably would be eating alone on default.
But I have found when people match eye contact and have any semblance of similarity in interest it’s not too bad getting along.
I managed to queue for the provided foosball table and from there it was easy to get the snowball rolling. First 10 minutes before I had that idea were rough though. I was just wandering the hall, seeing if I knew anyone from any context
Man there's nothing like finding a restaurant off the strip, ordering a bottle of wine and a big meal, and just eating and drinking and reading a book for 2 hours while your co-workers are crammed around a 16 person table in a noisy restaurant bar yelling across dinner about KPIs.
