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Some days, people at work have interrupted me with menial questions many times a day. I sometimes get irritated to the point of not being able to keep a pleasant face when they say "I'm bothering you a lot today".

Kids! One is too many! They wreck havoc in my house, and their parents sometimes say "You must be regretting having us over". Is it an attempt to apologize, or handle the awkwardness, or something else.. I don't know. But I feel like saying "yes, iI do, very much".

I sense that the expected response to these half-apologies is "It's ok" but itsit's not, and I sometimes can't bring myself to say it. How should I respond without sounding excessively rude?

Some days, people at work have interrupted me with menial questions many times a day. I sometimes get irritated to the point of not being able to keep a pleasant face when they say "I'm bothering you a lot today".

Kids! One is too many! They wreck havoc in my house, and their parents sometimes say "You must be regretting having us over". Is it an attempt to apologize, or handle the awkwardness, or something else.. I don't know. But I feel like saying "yes, i do, very much".

I sense that the expected response to these half-apologies is "It's ok" but its not, and I sometimes can't bring myself to say it. How should I respond without sounding excessively rude?

Some days, people at work have interrupted me with menial questions many times a day. I sometimes get irritated to the point of not being able to keep a pleasant face when they say "I'm bothering you a lot today".

Kids! One is too many! They wreck havoc in my house, and their parents sometimes say "You must be regretting having us over". Is it an attempt to apologize, or handle the awkwardness, or something else.. I don't know. But I feel like saying "yes, I do, very much".

I sense that the expected response to these half-apologies is "It's ok" but it's not, and I sometimes can't bring myself to say it. How should I respond without sounding excessively rude?

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How to respond to "I'm bothering you" when I do think they're bothering me?

Some days, people at work have interrupted me with menial questions many times a day. I sometimes get irritated to the point of not being able to keep a pleasant face when they say "I'm bothering you a lot today".

Kids! One is too many! They wreck havoc in my house, and their parents sometimes say "You must be regretting having us over". Is it an attempt to apologize, or handle the awkwardness, or something else.. I don't know. But I feel like saying "yes, i do, very much".

I sense that the expected response to these half-apologies is "It's ok" but its not, and I sometimes can't bring myself to say it. How should I respond without sounding excessively rude?