I was doing an engine search on interruptions in the workplace and found this article. https://www.timetothink.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/interruption-as-abuse-.pdf The author argues that interruptions are a form of aggression. She also mentions respect. In my experience people gain respect when in the workforce.
Well I did read that and I totally agree! How many times have I myself been guilty of this? Zillions. So I must rethink and reset my automatic response mechanisms. In the workplace, I dreaded interruptions. But it was a fact of life and one had to swing with it to survive. Working from home seemed to be the answer, but daily life offers plenty of its own interruptions to one's thought processes. This is the bane of writers everywhere, being disturbed when trying to work out intricated details of a plot like or a fragment of conversation that needs to be inserted somewhere...
I also recall a friend who relished in 'surprises' believing that they would spark genius out-of-the-box type thought.
Forty years of extensive studies concluded the republican party organizes along the lines of a flock of chickens. To comprehend the mysterious ways of the chicken, consult a lawyer...
People who interrupt are responding to incomplete information and therefore the interruption has no merit and the interrupter has no respect for honest dialectics or the interrupted.
In conversations and discussions if someone interrupts me to concur , I am ok with that because we are making a connection. If this person wants to dispute what I have to say, then they should wait for me to finish what I am saying. If someone in the workplace engages in endless interruptions in my experience has yet to grow up or mentally ill.
