I don’t wanna do it the “better way”
Anybody else experience this phenomenon? You’re happily doing a task, in a flow, minding your business, but then someone loudly interrupts to show you a “better way to do it”?
This keeps happening to me. Here’s an example: this weekend at an event, I broke open a big pack of water and I’m throwing the bottles in a cooler. Each handful of bottles makes a satisfying “thwack” sound when they hit the ice. I’m in a zone. Then, a well-meaning (neurotypical) person interrupted to show me I can pick up the whole package and toss all the water in one big thwump. They made a big production out of it too, like I should’ve thought of the more efficient method a lot sooner.
In these situations (it’s happened often), I used to smile and thank them, but internally I’d be cursing. Mostly because I had been enjoying myself. Also, I’m usually using the task to avoid socializing, and now I’m back at square one. This time I told them they ruined my fun.
Anyway, it’s the smallest thing, but it aggravates me completely.