People who talk to me while I'm on the phone

[Boozy]

More of a minor annoyance than a hatred, really.

My husband is bad for this. If I'm on the phone with someone he doesn't know, he lets me be. But if I'm talking to a family member or mutual friend, he can't seem to resist chiming in with comments about my half of the conversation (the only half he can hear).

It's incredibly confusing. I'm forced to respond to him (usually to tell him to be quiet), and then I'll either miss something that my friend has said, or my friend thinks I'm talking to her. Or sometimes my attention is just split and I miss what both of them are saying.

I always mention it to my husband when I'm off the phone. He apologizes, we laugh it off....and next phone call, he's right back at it.

Our place is an open-concept loft, so there are NO DOORS. The only room that offers privacy is the bathroom. You can hear someone's conversation from any other point in the apartment. But I'd rather not have a long chat with my sister while perched on the edge of a bathtub, you know?

[MadMike]

That one gets on my nerves too. I'll be trying to talk, and someone (my wife, for example) will start trying to talk to me while I'm trying to talk to the other person (i.e. "Oh, ask them what time they're coming over".) I'll be trying to listen to them both, and I end up not being able to follow either conversation. Then I'll get annoyed, tell the person on the phone to hold on, and then turn to the person in the room and announce, not so nicely, "I can't listen to both you and them at the same time!"

[muses_nightmare]

I hate that! My boyfriend is bad for that when I'm talking to my mom. He also drives me nuts wanting to know exactly what we talked about, and honestly most of the time I don't remember, or it's not particularly important.

I always tell him that he's like a cat, if I'm doing something that he's not involved in he has to butt in. Especially when I'm reading

[powerboy]

Oh I hate that. I am on the phone and a family member comes in and starts talking. And what is up with a family member coming in and just listening.

[Fryk]

Yeaaaaargh! My mom does that to my dad while we are talking on the phone. It get so annoying, my dad will usually just hold the phone out to her and ask, "Do you want this? No? Then wait your turn!" It's actually pretty funny to all of us when it isn't happening.

[tropicsgoddess]

It's annoying..especially when I'm at work talking to a customer. I can't stand when people try and talk to me about something that can wait until AFTER I'm done talking on the phone!

[McDreidel09]

Ugh. That annoys me.

When talking on the phone, I go to my room and shut the door. That way, the person has to knock before talking to me. Plus, people in my house are so nosy about who I'm talk to and about what.

Also, I pace when I talk, so going in the other room helps with that. lol

[KellyHabersham]

I've gotten this a few times in the church office, although I don't think people are purposely trying to be sucky. Still though, it gets frustrating when I have to put my phone conversation on hold because the person standing in front of me insists on talking to me.