Anonymous wrote:I see myself in some of these posts -- I both hate talking on the phone AND interrupt! Maybe they are related (harder to have two people talking at the same time on the phone?). I find that I gravitate towards people who are not offended by my interruptions and am annoyed by those who can't cope/try to get me to shush, probably because I attribute most of the interruptions to benign motives. I fit the category of people who may well respond to "I was just in Buffalo" with a brief discourse on how I was just there, loved it, etc. I'm not even that interested in hearing my own voice; I'm making an honest attempt to connect. So, instead of a nod, I jump in exuberantly with an aside and then allow the other person to continue with their story. I often fail to catch myself at it till after the fact, and do it much more when I'm slightly nervous. Definitely a verbal tic.