Do you feel it is rude to interrupt someone while reading?

rida · Post by **rida** » 30 Sep 2014, 00:55

MichaelMcManus wrote:My wife interrupts me all the time. She doesn't know that the main character is hanging one-handed from the side of a building. She simply wants to explain the consequences that I will be faced with if she comes home and I have not taken out the garbage. I forgive her for the interruption, assure her that I am all over the garbage and return to reading, just in time to learn how the main character is going to get out of this one.

This is really sweet <3

shameca120 · Post by **shameca120** » 07 Oct 2014, 13:41

Yes I feel that its rude!
I have two younger brothers who only want to bother me the most when I'm really into a book. Drives me freaking nuts

TammyO · Post by **TammyO** » 07 Oct 2014, 16:19

Abosolutely! I don't mind being interrupted for something important. However if it can wait please wait until I take a reading break or go for a snack.

rssllue · Post by **rssllue** » 07 Oct 2014, 18:41

The best way I have found for me is that someone briefly asks me if they can talk to me at a good stopping point and then they let me decide where that is instead of hovering over me waiting for said point. Once someone knows this, it makes me much less likely to get irritated by just being interrupted. Now, if it is just someone making noise for noise's sake, or actively trying to annoy me, then they are going down! It is a moral imperative!

salempoet23 · Post by **salempoet23** » 08 Oct 2014, 17:54

If it isn't an emergency yes because I dislike being interrupted because I like to get deeply involved with the characters.

LSWS07 · Post by **LSWS07** » 08 Oct 2014, 21:00

I don't think it's necessarily rude, but certainly bothersome.

LivreAmour217 · Post by **LivreAmour217** » 09 Oct 2014, 09:33

Yes, in some cases it is rude, especially when the person doing the interrupting is an adult. Right now, I am trying to teach my ten-year-old son to stop interuppting my reading to show/talk to me about video games, Pokemon cards, and television programs. It is an uphill battle--some days he remembers, other days not so much. Ironically, he also hates it when he's interuppted during reading!

Another thing that bothers me is when an adult who doesn't like to read constantly bugs me when I'm in the middle of good book, but then gets angry if I say two words during their TV show!!! ARRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Adurna101 · Post by **Adurna101** » 09 Oct 2014, 20:33

Definitely. If someone is reading, don't interrupt them. Especially if they have earphones/headphones in/on. Unless if its an emergency, just don't. Use the patience God has given you, and just don't. Write a list if you have to, of things to tell them.

jillyshub52+ · Post by **jillyshub52+** » 09 Oct 2014, 20:43

If there is an emergency I can definitely understand and reserve my initial feeling of irritation in being interrupted but generally? I think it is very rude. I am normally a slow reading. Whenever I am interrupted while reading I have to begin reading an entire passage, sometimes even a whole page, over again. It's rather annoying and not much appreciated at all.

EmilyAnnabeth · Post by **EmilyAnnabeth** » 10 Oct 2014, 03:04

This question makes me philosophical. Do you live to read if you cannot spare time for the people in your life? There is no reason that you should read so much that people interrupt you.

Your partner or family should allow you a few hours with your reading material if you ask nicely.

Personally, I have the attention span of a goldfish so it is rare that a book engrosses me such that anyone's interruption would anger me immensely. Constant interruptions, however, are rude. But only if the other person is made aware that you find your material engrossing and would appreciate being left alone with it for a time. Otherwise, they aren't mind readers you know.

MaryMathis · Post by **MaryMathis** » 10 Oct 2014, 06:21

I hate when anyone interrupts when I am reading. It feels really irritating when anyone calls you when you are reading any interesting thing.

rida · Post by **rida** » 10 Oct 2014, 07:29

I hatee it when I am in middle of the point like guy is proposing, finding secret killer and my family keeps calling me

stoppoppingtheP · Post by **stoppoppingtheP** » 10 Oct 2014, 07:59

I think it's okay to interrupt, but then waiting until the person has finished their sentence to ask them whatever question you wanted to.

If there are kids in the house you are definitely going to get a lot of interruptions for the most inane things and you will just have to get used to it.

But if its a person you are comfortable with you can just tell them to 'shut up' and 'go away'. I'm sure they'll understand.

craftshley · Post by **craftshley** » 10 Oct 2014, 11:49

I don't think it's rude to interrupt someone while reading, unless they're doing it in a private place. If a person is reading in their room or is otherwise closed off to the world, I wouldn't want to interrupt them. If the person is in a library or coffee shop, then they are in a public place and should be prepared for interruptions. If this person is a person I know, chances are they won't be annoyed if I interrupted them. If it is a person I don't know, I can't honestly imagine a legit reason to interrupt them regardless of whether they are reading or not. If a person is in public and is reading, but is wearing headphones, then I won't interrupt them. I hate getting interrupted when I'm wearing headphones.