"Stop Interrupting me!"...

i know people that do this, if i do it i usually stop as soon as i realise and apologise or say sorry after i finished and say i didn't mean to interupt go on. I do it more when i haven't slept but i say quickly that i have to ask before i forget because i become easily disorrientated. Its not very professional to do that at work you should all be contributing i think that this person probably feels threatened by you. Next time it happens you should say excuse me loudly i was not finshed it's rude to interupt someone and carry on. They will soon get the message

I have two friends that do this all the time, they drive me nuts, so when they interupt me I just stop and thats it I do not continue, one of these friends even finishes my sentences so when this happens I just say a very loud "NO" as she has put a different ending to what I was going to say....very annoying...

i do experienced that sometimes especially if im trying to explain my side of stories of whatever and ..what i do is to stop talking and let him/her do the talking first and show to them that im irritated or something and then if stopped then ill asked if i can continue or sometimes i will say that i forgot what im going to say due to your constant interruption..

I just clam up. Keep quiet and not say anything till the person who interrupted me is done. Then when he or she finds me too quiet, I will then ask them, "Are you done?" And if the response is yes, I will go "As I was saying, before I got interrupted..." That would hint to the fella. Repeat the same process if he or she interrupts again. Once it happens a few times, they will know that you do not like to be interrupted when you are speaking. And they will know what to do if they know how to respect the people around them. Otherwise, keep repeating the above till your message gets across. There is no point arguing with these people. They will never know that they are interrupting till you tell them in the face. So the subtlety should help some what without having to offend anyone.

I generally say something to the effect of 'excuse me I was speaking' or 'excuse me may I finish what I'm saying then I will hear out your side?' If they continue, to interupt I will politely say 'I would appriciate it if you would allow me to finish what I am saying before you interupt me again'. I try to remain polite, but direct about it. With my kids though I just tell them they are being rude interupting.

If there is one thing that we magicians hate is that being interrupted at the middle of a performance. When we perform a magic trick then someone form the audience suddenly shouts at the top of his voice "Hey I know how he did it, he did this and that..." we get distracted by that but of course in the end we could always prove them wrong otherwise. When someone interrupts me it takes some time before I get back to the thing that I was doing.

I tend to do it when I am drunk. I feel like I might forget what I wanted to say so I do tend to interrupt people. No one has ever said anything to me though. This guy I was dating would do it to me all the time. Yea it is annoying. I gotta stop doing it myself. :)

getting interrupted while talking is very irritating.we have been taught to pay attention to the person that we're talking to and to whatever he or she is saying,and acknowledge appropriately.if you have to interrupt,inform that person you're talking to that there's something that you have to say.i strictly follow all these.thus,i get annoyed when i'm interrupted while i'm talking.

This is one of my pet hates. Eventually I try to avoid talking to such people though that can severely cut down on the number of people that you speak to another thing that I hate is those people who don't listen to what you are saying to them and instead of responding to what you have said they say something totally unrelated. Another is those people who, having told you something, and you've indicated in some way that you've understood what they have told you, they then proceed to to tell you all over again, and they'll do this several times over if I'll stand there an let them! I can only presume that they think that if something is worth saying once, then it's worth saying again (and again and again)

It does seem as though this happens a lot more these days. I believe that people are just much more rude these days. My husband's family does this all the time. It drives me crazy,but I know it is the way they are. I can't change them no matter how hard I try.

Hello nanciem, Yes that is really annoys me, my family does that to me all the time and one day I shout and they all stop and look at me and said excuse me but can you see me? and say what is the matter with me? and I said but can you really see me? and they said "yes? so I told them then why do you lot keep butting in when I'm talking or you hust can't be botherd to let me finis what I'm saying, so from now on I will not speak at all and when you ask me a question don't expect me to answer you and with that I storm off. That thought them a lesson. It realy gets up my nose that. Tamara

This does drive me insane. I have gotten to the point where when it happens I just stop talking, and sometimes walk away. Once everyone is finished talking, someone usually says, OH, yeah, what were you saying earlier? I just tell them, Nothing, it's not important. It has even happened where I might start to tell the same thing on a different day. Someone says, You told us that the other day. I just smile and say, No, YOU interrupted me and I didn't finish it. It has pretty much stopped interruptions. It does happen occasionally, but not as often as it used to.

I feel like this happens to me Daily. I am in the middle of saying something. The next thing I know they interject with what they have to say. I look at them and say let me finish, or I was not done talking. They really dont care, their point of veiw is more important to them then hearing anything that I am trying to say. I think that some people have to hurry up and say what they think or they will loose their train of thought. I am good at getting back to the points that I was trying to make! But, Reguardless. It is very rude, that they do this!

well its really annoying but you have to consider the fact that peoples often are not the same kind. some rare submissive while some are aggressive. but interruption specially if you are in the center of attraction are just means of diverting attentions to itself.well you have to tactfully handle the situations. getting annoyed simply works in favour of out interrupter.

I agree that this is very annoying.. along with those who correct you in the middle of what you are saying. However, it also depends. Foreigners are use to interrupting because it is accepted in their culture. How we find it rude, for them it is okay.

well, that's really annoying. that is not a proper way to join a conversation. it can happen because sometimes people don't do listening. they just listen to wait for their turn to speak. and sometimes they are even not patient to wait it, so they just interrupt. if i get interrupted (suppose in conversation between two people only), i will wait till he/she finish talking, and continue express my last thought without consider what they just talked. they should know if they don't properly deliver their thought, they won't get a proper response.

I have a few people that I know that will do that, but I live with my grandmother, and she always does this. But, she does it on a different level. I will be talking to her, and she will start asking me about things not related to the conversation. Sometimes, she even starts talking to someone else. I get frustrated and tell her that I was still talking to her, and she usually tells me, "I know, I was listening." She can hardly hear what I say when I am talking to her and she is actually paying attention, so I doubt she can hear me when she is talking to someone else. I also hang out with someone who is so opinionated that it drives me up the wall. When you talk to her, she gets everything out, and when you start responding to her, she will interrupt every sentence if it doesn't agree with her.

If the person is rude intentionally, then I will have to be firm and say that I am not done yet talking. That will stop him usually, if he still has manners. If he keeps talking then I'll give him the floor and walk out.(lol)

I love my husband dearly but I can never get a word in a conversation. Even if I start the conversation. It ends up being a totally different subject about something he wants to talk about. And he can talk and talk. Sometimes you got to use the male techniques "Smile and Nod" and Zone him out. I love him but sometimes I do what I have to so he will survive another day. LOL

could you post your view after i express myself? nanciem,you are right,some one may not even realize that they have interruptes someone's topic. i am one of the persons as like you said.i try to avoid do that now. i also know that it's so unpolite to interrupting one's speaking.