Do you know any interrupters?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (234772)
Walnut Creek, California
November 18, 2025 11:45am CST
We have a new "hay boss" in the Lessons area. She is young (25) and enthusiastic, but she is an interrupter.
The other day a bunch of us were talking when the subject of Walter White came up. She said I'd make a good Walter White for Halloween. I tried to tell her that I use Walter as my avatar on one of the writing sites I enjoy.
By the time I had uttered maybe four words she interrupted with something non-related to the conversation. She does this often, alas.
Sigh.
Do you know interrupters? Are some interrupters also know-it-alls? .
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@sallypup (67924)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Nov
I am not fond of interrupters. At the same time. there is a lonesome lady in our writer's group who would and does easily dominate the entire meeting IF one of us doesn't verbally step into her monologue. Being social sometimes is very difficult and kind of smelly.
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@RasmaSandra (94093)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Nov
I've known a few in my life, Hey, did you feel any shaking going on? They say some poepl got all shook up
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/earthquake-central-california-2/3983063/
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@celticeagle (185274)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Nov
Sounds like she isn't a person that cares about the reasoning behind conversation. Human interaction. No wonder she is the boss. Those types usually are in those positions. I was married to an interrupter and I would interrupt too. Just trying to get my side of it heard. He was quite a dramatic debater.
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@celticeagle (185274)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Nov
@TheHorse .......He had/has? some personality defects as well. I don't know how he is now. Haven't seen or spoken to him in several years.
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@TheHorse (234772)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Nov
@celticeagle People who think they know everything give me a pain.
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@TheHorse (234772)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Nov
@celticeagle It may not. I have some drinker friends who still reason well..
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@AmbiePam (112339)
• United States
19 Nov
Yes, absolutely people who interrupt are also quite often a know it all. I don’t like to hang out with people like that, and thankfully, no one close to me is like that. There used to be a guy in our church though, when someone asked what time it was, he’d interrupt and tell you how to make a clock. No one is sad he changed churches.
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@ElicBxn (64172)
• United States
19 Nov
Most interrupters are know-it-alls. And they are no fun. However, I think those people who finish your sentences are worse. They have already decided what you are going to say and know they are going to say as well. And often they are wrong. And sometimes I change where I was going just to mess with them.
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@kaylachan (82997)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Nov
I've known a few. But, I often ignore them if I can.
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@Traceyjayne (7685)
• United Kingdom
19 Nov
I know a few and yes they tend to be know it alls ……or else,, know nothings !
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@Shiva49 (27882)
• Singapore
19 Nov
I know a few who try to dominate interactions and laugh aloud at their own jokes - most of which are not funny.
I take care to such an extent I find it tough to get a word in.
However I wonder at times how some attract attention despite having not much to say.
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@LindaOHio (213354)
• United States
19 Nov
My husband used to get livid and call me an interrupter when in actuality I would interject or ask a question. His stories could go on for 10 minutes; and sometimes I had a comment or wanted to ask a question. He would get so angry.
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