Couldn't work just be more interesting in that context? At least for myself, weddings/funerals/etc are relatively obligatory social events where I do not know

Couldn't work just be more interesting in that context? At least for myself, weddings/funerals/etc are relatively obligatory social events where I do not know that many people. I will attend and there will be some interesting parts, but otherwise I am mostly just a spectator there. After a couple minutes, any active problem becomes more interesting. I was in a meeting this week where I wasn't really a participant and there is also a contest where I can win $50 if I propose a new way to serve rotisserie chicken. I spent the meeting thinking of ways to serve chicken. Not because the problem was important, but because it was the main active option open to me.