I am generally considered a popular colleague at work, but there is one thing that bothers me. Look at this video about the social etiquette of interrupting two people who are talking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10cYt6xIw9Q
As this video teaches, wait patiently until the other person stops talking with his/her talking partner and turns his/her head towards you. Then you say what you wanted to say. Okay, I can accept that. That behaviour I also expect from others. But what about the following situations?
1. I am already talking to a colleague. A second colleague walks in, starts talking without checking whether there is a conversation. He just starts talking. I am forced to be silent and am pushed out of the new conversation. Often the subject is changed. When I do this to two other colleagues, they get angry? "Haven't you learned to be silent if you see two people talking with each other?"
2. I see two people talking. I need to talk to one of them. I have a work related question or remark. But I wait... and wait... and wait... Then one of the person stops ignoring me and asks: "What the heck are you standing there? Is there nothing that you could do?" I have a solution to this problem if I have no time to wait: I send the person a mail with the question of remark, skip to the next task or - if there are no other tasks left I have to do - wait, until the mail has been replied.
