Tuesday, August 10, 2010

How rude! Why boorish behavior makes us cringe

#29829 Clip Art Graphic of a Group of Rude People Holding up Their Middle Fingers by DJArt

Witnessing rudeness ruins a good mood — and could even put hospital patients at risk

“Rudeness, even if it’s not aimed at us, can derail a day. It can spoil a meal and ruin a good mood. It can hamstring creativity and hamper job performance. It makes us feel uncomfortable and conflicted: We don’t want to be involved, but we feel like we should be.

As it turns out, people can be so distressed by rudeness they’ll stop patronizing a business after witnessing one worker berate another, researchers reported in a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Consumer Research.”

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