“The act of Interruption — How irritating!”

“Hey! Could you just stop speaking? Your accent and your language is horrible!”

“Hey! Just stop it!”

“Hahaha, you are good for nothing.”

What do these above expressions indicate?

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How frustrating it is for a person when he/she gets interrupted all the time while speaking! Even I do experience these kind of situations sometimes in my life. To give an instance, whenever a person asks me a question to which I try answering, the very same person who asked me the question faces someone else and begins talking to him, not paying attention to what I am saying. How insulting!

Interruption is not always a negative trait, but the circumstances decide whether it is positive or negative.

“Evil is the interruption of truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests” — Alain Badiou (French Philosopher)

Have you ever wondered as to why people tend to interrupt you? What could be the primary reason behind it? Do people interrupt you just because they are envious of you? Do they interrupt you because of their egoistic mentality? Or are there any other reasons behind it?

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Lack of patience is seen as one of the reasons behind interruption. Maintaining patience is one of the daunting tasks for any human being, in spite of it being as easy as it seems.

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” — Jean Jacques Rousseau

A question for everyone to reflect — How many times in your life have you experienced people interrupting you while you were speaking? What were your reactions?