Have you noticed people interrupting more? [View all]

[underpants]

Mind you I have a 12 year old (going on 16) but I've noticed this with seemingly full grown adults.

10 years ago we started sharing beach week with a family (step-in-laws) who didn't allow for a breathe without jumping in to the conversation. At the time it was out of the norm. Long Island natives in Georgia.

I grew up in the South where storytelling was supreme and pauses were part of the rhythm of the story. You sat and listened and the original speaker provided the same respect.

Now it seems that before you can say "and" there's someone piping up. A , in speech is not acknowledged.

Mark it up to speaking with thumbs or constant discussion ( really? What are you talking about in a grocery store parking lot?) but I notice it at work and elsewhere.

At our staff meeting today I marked 8 instances where people were interrupted.