Listen

Please don't interrupt me when I am listening to you. It's not very polite.

When I talk, you can speak. You don't need to listen. Please don't absorb every word that comes from my mouth. You can give the same reply to completely different answers. That should be enough.

"Hey, how you're doing?"
"I'm doing fine."
"Well, you take it easy."

"Hey, how you're doing?"
"Honestly, I feel like crap."
"Well, you take it easy."

You rule the world with talk. Small talk, speeches, presentations, interruptions. The one with the biggest mouth wins. You. I speak two words and you interrupt. You cannot read between the lines. You can speak between the lines. You hear the words, but you speak before you listen. You don't need to listen. You already listen to yourself when you talk. That should be enough.

Won't it be awkward when one day you talk and there is no one left to listen?