Sara only gave a few examples - lets say you can adapt in swanky bar or a sports bar. Would you be able to adapt in biker bar?
Some people are "people person" - they will strike a conversation with anyone at any age and find some grounds of fimiliary with them. By ADAPT - I don't mean change themselves. I mean find a common ground.
Can you hang out with 5 teenagers for a day? or 5 white CEOs for the day? Or 5 moulvis for the day. Some people can do all three without being bored, or judgmental.
Good point overall. And a point to note is such people aren't doing so for any "gain" or motive or anything, that is just their personality. I have a good friend in real estate but she was working in tech industry for about 10 years. Education wise she has her master's in education. She meets all types of people every day. She LOVES meeting new people & "learning" from them, not always they have common ground, but she takes time in getting to know people, just for that reason, getting to know new things, new experiences. We can be in a mall and she would naturally end up striking conversation with someone or vice versa.....
Also one of my brothers is somewhat like this. He is able to adapt to different types of people and settings. He is also a book/magazine junkie and always interested in reading/learning about so many things aside from his technical background. So he is able to adapt to different social settings/people pretty well compared to us siblings. He can keep you engaged in talking on so many subjects & so many people find that to be such a plus.