How do you deal with people constantly interrupting you?

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1. My teacher did that in high school while I was exposing my theory regarding one topic and she was constantly doing that because she didn’t want to listen to me.
   I got really angry but kudos to me because I actually didn’t show it I just smiled and snapped my fingers and told her “ehi, I’m talking”.
   She hated me forever after because she felt humiliated since I did that in front of the whole class but it was worth it. 😂

2. I literally start talking over them till the conversation goes silent then repeat myself .

3. Interrupt back. Let them taste their own medicine.

4. Let them interrupt, let them get a few words in, interrupt them with “Hi, I was talking”, turn back to the audience and finish what I was saying. People who interrupt never fathom that someone can interrupt them! 🙄

5. « I’m talking so wait or I swear to god I’m going to be the most childish person ever and speak over you and louder than you so you’re ready to show respect or we both disrespect each others ? », literally.

6. keep speaking. seriously, just keep the same tone, don’t even acknowledge it. just keep speaking until you’ve made your point. they’ll look awful if they keep trying, so they usually just stop.

7. I stop talking and just walk away. They don’t seem to care about what I have to say or respect me enough to listen, it’s not worth even trying. So I just leave and almost never talk to them again.

8. I excuse myself from the conversation at the first chance I get, and then just don’t talk to them again. I’m not gonna start drama over it, but I’m also not gonna keep interacting with rude and disrespectful people.

9. Depends.

   If it’s an authority figure, keep it professional. A friendly ‘sorry, you interrupted me’ and carry on. Or you can whip out the old ‘why did you interrupt me’

   or if you don’t reallly care and it’s something that would be important to them, stop talking. They missed out. Oh, you wanted to know if I had finished my project early but didn’t let me answer? Guess I will have to take an extra 2 weeks pay 🤷‍♀️

   If it’s like a friend or an acquaintance I’ll ride it out see how it goes. Sometimes people are excited and accidentally do it, no biggie. But if it’s consistent? If I like the person I might talk to them about it and tell them it makes me uncomfortable. If I don’t, why waste my time on someone who doesn’t value me and I don’t even like them?

   A loved one? I’ll just take it. Love my mother she can interrupt every word I said and I wouldn’t mention it.

10. Point to the phone with my middle finger.

11. I get pissed off. Someone on a team meeting was doing it and I was like “hello” “can you hear me” “excuse me” on a conference call cuz she wouldn’t shut up and I finally got to say something when she interrupted.

12. I usually just keep talking until they go “what?”

13. I stop talking really noticeably sharply, and they feel bad and say sorry and let me continue

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15. Normally, I would walk away and try to avoid talking to them again.

    But this actually happened recently in my work life where I could not avoid them. I did actually told the guy “Please do not interrupt me, I do appreciate your eagerness though but I would like to finish”.

    He actually got so mad and twisted it against me telling everyone I told him to shut up and I was so unprofessional. I don’t believe anyone took his words seriously, but it did escalate to me filing complaints about him, as he did the same to me to the point we were pulled into confrontation.long story short, the manager took my side (which was great but I hated that it was such a long battle).

    But there is something I noticed about my manager. When he got interrupted by this a-hole too, he actually tries to speak over him with “Wait wait wait! Let me finish. Hold that thought. Let me finish”. And it works. Idk how effective this alone is because I believe the a-hole also managed to stop because, well, this is a manager he was interrupting over.

16. I used to just stop talking and get quiet. Now I make it known to everyone that I was not done talking and don’t appreciate being cut off. Life’s too short allow people to walk all over you.

17. I’m guessing you’d have to have a certain personality for people to constantly interrupt you. It never happens to me. I’d probably stop them if they tried to though. “I haven’t finished talking. For us to have a conversation you need to let me finish” would be along the lines of what I’d say.

18. Let them talk. Shut my fucking mouth and give the look. They’ve lost my interest. Carry on.