Once while fighting a dragon, I was approached by the thief who shoves something in your pack AND a courier. I think even a random skeever got in on the act. It was rather tense, and a little frustrating. The courier and I survived. The dragon, thief, hunter, and skeever did not. Good times.

Well OP that has happened to me once in over 600 hours of playing. Yeah it was real annoying (and interesting at the same time), especially since I fell dead as soon as the dialog was over.

Hardly worth quitting the game for, but since your playing doesn't effect my playing at all ... should I care?

You do know you can exit dialog at any time instantly without having to listen or select any options, right?

Takes all of a few milliseconds and you're back to your fight ...

I had the same thing happen to me. But instead of fighting a bandit, I was fighting a dragon. Very frustrating.