People who talk at inappropriate times...

[DrFaroohk]

All sorts of situations. People who interrupt an ongoing conversation. Me and Bill are talking about world of warcraft, it is not an appropriate time for John to just barge into the conversation with "hey did you guys see supernatural last night?" No. you wait until we are done talking. These are things people are supposed to learn when they are five years old.

Or when there's loud music. dude, I can't even hear myself fart. do not stand there with your chin wagging like a dumbass expecting that I can read lips. there is loud music and I cannot hear you.

And when I ask "what did you say?" don't move on to the next thing. REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. Then move on. "what did you say" means I didn't hear you, it does not mean "please continue".

And guess what - after the third time you've said my name and I haven't responded, it means I'M BUSY. I might be sleeping, I might be playing world of warcraft, I might be purposely ignoring you. Whatever the reason, it means the conversation you want to have isn't going to happen right now, and the sooner you get that through your skull the sooner I can finish what I'm doing and THEN we can talk. so you're just hurting yourself.

Emergency situations are exempt from this. Fire, bleeding, broken bones, or cops at the door. Family member having a heart attack. Those are emergencies. "I might forget this in the next 60 seconds so I'm going to tell you now!" is not an emergency.

[Ginger Tea]

Or when there's loud music. dude, I can't even hear myself fart. do not stand there with your chin wagging like a dumbass expecting that I can read lips. there is loud music and I cannot hear you.

I had a mobile phone equivilant to this, I sent a text about something and ended with just waiting for the band to come on stage, later on when the band is playing my phone (on silent) starts ringing, no vibration or owt so I only see the missed call when I check for the time, I actually texted that I could not hear the phone due to the concert and I left with a few missed calls none the less.
No text's or messages about something really important, so if it is not important and you know my phone is on silent and I would not hear it even if it did ring why did you call more times?

[HYHYBT]

How about "There *is* no waiting for you to finish because you'll talk for six hours on Warcraft if nobody interrupts you?"

How about something that, while not an emergency, *is* something YOU NEED TO KNOW and that yes, I will forget if I try to wait out your endless, trivial conversation?

[DrFaroohk]

Well no one said anything about SIX HOURS. That's a little extreme. How about 6 MINUTES. or even SIXTY minutes. The point is I'm comfortable doing what I'm doing. I'm settled in, in the zone, and I don't want to be bothered just because someone else has memory problems (which is not MY problem). Unless my knowing it now vs. a half hour from now or even tomorrow will change the outcome, it can wait.

Edit: I feel the need to clarify. I'm not talking about a tiny aside in a conversation. Like "oh hey I don't mean to interrupt but did you remember to....." Not a big deal. I'm talking about people who show up and hijack the evening. Like me and buddy will be doing something, then another "friend" shows up, and I don't wanna be rude but I make it pretty clear "Hey man what are you doing? Oh me and matt are having a wow night. Just the two of us. Me and him. World of warcraft. Just us. What are you doing?" and then five minutes later they're like "Hey guys check out this band you don't care about on youtube! Check out this website with videos you don't think are funny! Hey lets talk about my personal drama because you don't care! blah blah blah blah blah!" And when they weren't even invited over it gets annoying. Hell even if they were given the greenlight to come over it's still rude to interrupt something that's already going on.

[HYHYBT]

That's different, of course.

[McDreidel09]

I had an acquaintance in my art class who sat next to me. Whenever the professor would lecture, this acquaintance would make side comments to me, while I was trying to pay attention. Really? You're the one who keeps stealing my notes during class because you can't keep up! Stop talking to me! We sat in the second row in a small classroom, so it was very noticeable if someone was talking.