Post can’t say for sure whether our current culture is more impolite than generations’ past, but she does believe we’re ...

Along with smoking around other people and taking a photo or video of someone in public, the next three were bringing a child ...

What you can do Chances are you’ve dealt with this issue: a whopping 98 percent of workers have experienced workplace rudeness, with 50 percent of people experiencing these behaviors at least ...

Rudeness is so contagious because there’s a mechanism in our brains that’s switched on when we experience or even witness it. “That part of your brain wakes up and is now scanning your ...

In my conversations with friends and sometimes strangers, everyone it seems is attuned to the rising level of rudeness. In Target, I watched a woman cut the line, then argue with anyone who told ...

You can’t spread it with a cough, sneeze or kiss, but workplace rudeness is still contagious, researchers say. People who encounter rude behavior from co-workers are more likely to act rudely in ...

Rudeness at work has increased since the pandemic began, according to a recent survey from Korn Ferry. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said colleagues were more rude compared to pre-pandemic ...

Rudeness has also been shown to draw cognitive resources away from individuals, causing them to perform worse and make more mistakes: for example, not remembering details of a conversation.

He said he was surprised by the magnitude of the finding. “Rudeness is a very mild form of incivility," he said. "The statements that were made [in this study] were kind of tactless. This rudeness was ...

Is there anything more typical Parisian than sitting in a roadside café, watching the world pass by, and occasionally ...

This does not, however, entitle you to borrow your companion’s cigarette so that you can return to the dinner table and put ...