There are plenty of professions where someone has to "read a room/person/situation" before having a chance to interact with people. As an example, many types o

There are plenty of professions where someone has to "read a room/person/situation" before having a chance to interact with people. As an example, many types of consulting require someone to "take the pulse of a room" before directly interacting with any one person. To be sure, there's a price for being wrong, but there's also a reward for being right.