An example is I went to a cafe, my therapist keeps telling me to try to get into social situations I feel uncomfortable with.
I pre-planned to ask if they sold Matcha, as I walk in I see they sell this other drink that sounds nice, on the fly I was like nice I will order that instead. The second I speak I'm already reading from the script in my head "do you sell Matcha?", I hand them my stamp card and they tell me I need two more stamps for my free drink, I nod and smile, sit at my table and lock all my focus onto my phone screen because I cant stand the thought of looking up, it ended up being the wrong drink anyway, I drank it said my "thanks!, bye" line and left.
My therapist would say this is great and that I spoke to people. But know I just tried to stick to the most basic social norms I know, I did not expect the staff member to point out I was close to a free drink, so my mind froze up blocked me from saying anything about it and just gave my auto response to anything I was not expecting. Even now I have no clue what more I could have said.
How do I just not feel like a robot? Was my interaction okay? should have or could have I said more?