Bandwidth energy is the vibe someone gives off when they're clearly stretched too thin — the slightly glazed eyes, the short replies, the way they say 'yeah totally' while obviously not processing what you just said. It's the ambient signal that this person is running at 99% capacity and any additional load might crash the system. You don't take it personally when someone has bandwidth energy; you just read the room and don't add to their stack.
She had full bandwidth energy at dinner — I kept it brief and didn't bring up the thing I wanted to discuss.
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