Comment by Tade0

Why assume that there are just two, mutually exclusive schools of thought?

My experience is people usually decide whether to wait or interrupt depending on context - they just different in their assessment of the situation.

Personally I often explicitly yield to someone who to me appears like they want to say something, but are waiting for the right moment.

In face to face conversation I sometimes lift my finger and make an "uuuuum" face to signify that I want to say something right now. People usually respond to that very well - the more braindead my expression, the better.

In college our conversations were moderated and you would lift your hand if you wanted to say something, and the moderator would at times interrupt the person speaking.

On one hand everyone waited, on the other people were interrupted constantly. To me this is how most real world conversations work and pigeonholing them into just two categories is counterproductive.