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F*** you very much : the surprising truth about why people are so rude

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You're not imagining it. People are getting ruder. And this is a serious problem. The book that inspired the iTunes Top Ten podcast Did you know that even one rude comment in a life and death situation can decrease a surgeon’s performance by as much as 50%?

That we say we don’t want rude politicians, but we vote for them anyway? Or that rude language can sway a jury in a criminal case?Bestselling writer and broadcaster Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Awkward Situations For Men), is on a mission to understand where we have gone wrong.

He travels the world interviewing neuroscientists, psychologists, NASA scientists, barristers, bin men, and bellboys.

He joins a Radical Honesty group in Germany, talks to drivers about road rage in LA, and confronts his own online troll in a pub. And in doing so, he uncovers the latest thinking about how we behave, how rudeness, once unleashed, can spread like a virus – and how even one flippant remark can snowball into disaster. As insightful and enthralling as it is highly entertaining, F*** You Very Much* is an eye-opening exploration into the worst side of human behaviour. "A cry for human decency… deliciously hilarious. I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately." Adam Grant author of Originals, Give and Take, Option B*This book was originally published under the title, I Can’t Believe You Just Said That.

But we decided it just wasn’t rude enough...

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Ebury Press
0091919096 / 9780091919092
Paperback / softback
395
31/05/2018
United Kingdom
English
340 pages : illustrations (black and white)
20 cm
Reprint. Originally published: as I can't believe you just said that. 2017.