“I didn’t mean to interrupt.”

I just love when people come up to me (or the person to whom I am talking), interrupt them, and then say “I didn’t mean to interrupt.”

What?

Yes, you did.

That’s exactly what you did.

Why would you say “I didn’t mean to?”

I just find it very amusing that we all stand by and allow this obvious in-authenticity to reign.

It’s fine if you need to/have to interrupt. I get that. There are time-sensitive things.

People have to leave or whatever.

It’s not a big deal, but why do we say “I didn’t mean to interrupt?”

Better to just come out and say, “ok, I intend to interrupt and I am sorry for that, but here’s why…”

End of story.

Ok, rant over ;-)