I just sort of want to pay, fly and go home as you would when flying GA.
You can do that but you will never progress beyond bumbling idiot, if you even get that far. You also need other people to help you fly - and you repay them by going home after your turn? That's not on.
The attraction of gliding is that you will never, ever be as good at it as you want to be. To improve, you have to learn from others. And the "others" will be keen to teach you and help you learn, if you contribute. And let's remember, you will have to go cross country and who will pick you up? I well remember a few "anti-social" types staying in fields for hours waiting to be retrieved. And nobody cared...
Even flying clubs required some effort and social interaction. Furthermore, they can be great places to spend some time. Therefore, if you don't want to contribute and hang around after "your" turn, may I suggest you take up jigsaw building or navel gazing, certainly not a past-time that involves social interaction.
PM