I've noticed something recently that annoys me about what many people do. I know, I know, me being annoyed, shocker right? Now I don't know if this is the nature of humans in general, but it at least seems to be the case with the majority of people I come in contact with (including myself). Patience. People say patience is a virtue... not that many people actually seem to obtain much of the "virtue" though from what I can tell. When people speak of patience I think of two basic types, long and short term patience. An example of long term patience might be how you handle waiting for an item in the mail, or finding someone to copulate with (or coitus). (I used "copulate" and "coitus" to celebrate my love for The Big Bang Theory which is an amazing television show and I highly recommend.)
An Example of a short term patience would be in a simple conversation for which I will explain further. I would think that one type of patience would reflect the other though so I'll just go into depth more on the short term patience. Many times in conversation, I will have two points to explain to someone. The first point will often lead to the second point. But before I can explain the second point, someone interjects.
I can understand someone asking me a question after I am finished making my points, but not if I don't pause “long enough”, weather it be mid-sentence or not. It's possible that it is just a question of how long is a “long enough” pause in which case maybe I should be speaking faster and/or have less pauses. I'm thinking that that is usually not the case though. I think it is that people are too impatient to wait for me to speak at a regular pace because their issue at hand is so important that it cannot be handled at a normal pace. Inpatient people who need to hear the word or at least have the idea of “immediate” in every conversation.
The best way to deal with this issue may be to disregard their disregard for respect, but of course I generally choose not to :) . What I like to do is say my first point and if that is interrupted, politely wait for them to finish their rambling-ons. After they finish, I wait a few seconds to the point of nearly awkward so they realize that they were rude. I then will say my second point. If what they said was still relevant, I then address that issue after I finish my initial thought. If they continue to be rude, what I like to do, is make my pauses even longer :) . After which I will say something like, “as I was saying...” and pick up where I left off, or repeat what I had already said and then continue on to the next point if need be.
One of the funny things about that, well to me at least, is that that usually make things take much longer, ha. Ha ha. Ha!
